potableadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈpəʊtəbl/, U.S.

/ˈpoʊdəb(ə)l/

Forms: late Middle English– potable, 1500s potabille (Scottish), 1600s potabile, 1600s potible.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French potable; Latin potabilis.

Etymology: < Middle French, French potable fit or suitable for drinking (late 13th cent. in Old French) and its etymon post-classical Latin potabilis drinkable (4th cent.) < classical Latin pōtāre to drink (see potation n.) + -bilis -ble suffix. Compare Catalan potable (1460), Spanish potable (1424 or earlier), Italian potabile (late 15th or early 16th cent.).In potable gold n. at Compounds after Middle French or potable (1516).

A. adj.

1. Fit or suitable for drinking; drinkable.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > [adjective] > drinkable

potable?a1425

buvable1480

drinkable1611

potate1612

potulental1620

sorbile1620

poculent1626

potulent1657

potatory1828

?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 25^v Helpes repercussiues..bene of 4 fourmez: ffirst is..oxicratum of water & acete medled in fourme potable.

c1487 J. Skelton tr. Diodorus Siculus Bibliotheca Historica v. 349 Wyn..attemprid with..Iupiters water..is somwhat potable & more holsom to drynke.

1558 W. Ward tr. G. Ruscelli Secretes (1562) i. 6 b To resolue and reducte gold into a potable licoure.

1572 J. Jones Bathes of Bathes Ayde ii. f. 16 The water there is altogyther potable.

1610 J. Healey tr. St. Augustine Citie of God xix. xiii. 770 The visible light, the spirable ayre, the potable water.

1702 R. L'Estrange tr. Josephus Wars of Jews iii. xviii, in Wks. 882 The Water Sweet and Potable, without any thing of Moorishness, either in the Tast or Colour.

1754 J. Hanway Hist. Acct. Brit. Trade Caspian Sea (ed. 2) II. vii. iii. 179 The water..was so corrupted.., that it was not potable.

1796 S. L. Mitchill Let. 24 Oct. in Trans. Soc. Promotion of Useful Information (1801) 254 The water draining from such places is often potable and good.

1806 T. Jefferson Let. 11 Feb. in Writings (1984) 1159 He found the temperature of the springs 150° of Fahrenheit & the water perfectly potable when cooled.

1883 F. M. Crawford Mr. Isaacs ix Huge packs of provisions edible and potable.

1918 W. M. Kirkland Joys of being Woman xiv. 162 Her coffee, she remarks, ‘has seven kinds of sticks in it, but is perfectly potable.’

1995 Harper's Mag. Apr. 37/2 The considerable deprivations and pains in the asses of existing without a potable water source.

†2. Related to drinking, intoxicated. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [adjective] > appropriate to drinking

potable1605

1605 G. Chapman Al Fooles v. i, in Plays (1873) I. 182 Come on, lets heare his wit in this potable humour.

B. n.

In plural. Drinkable substances; beverages; liquor.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > [noun]

drencha800

drunka800

drinkc888

wetec897

liquor1340

beveragec1400

bever?1453

pitcher-meat1551

bum1570

pot1583

nin1611

sorbition1623

potablesa1625

potion1634

refreshment1639

potulent1656

sorbicle1657

pote1694

drinkable1708

potation1742

rinfresco1745

sup1782

bouvragea1815

potatory1834

a1625 J. Fletcher Rule a Wife (1640) iii. 26 In a well built body, a poore parsnip Will play his prize, above their strong potabiles.

1671 H. More Let. 7 May in Conway Lett. (1992) vi. 336 And though we satt at the Dukes own table, yett my neighboure on each side me was at a losse whom to speake to for potables, those behinde us looking too big for those services.

1716 H. Wanley Lett. 11 Oct. (1989) 350 He participated of both Eatables & Potables.

1817 I. D'Israeli Curiosities of Lit. 1st Ser. III. 236 He indicates the places for peculiar edibles, and exquisite potables.

1884 Punch 18 Oct. 190/1 The pleasant potables they would imperiously prohibit.

1979 Yale Apr. 6/2 (advt.) Savor lobster, homemade apple pie, potables from our tavern.

1991 Wine & Spirits Apr. 28/2 Some Spanish and French graduates of the Bordeaux University Institute of Enology kindly re-acquainted me with that most civilized of potables.

Compounds

potable gold n. now historical (a) a supposed liquid elixir containing gold and capable of conveying eternal youth to the drinker; the elixir of life; (b) a preparation consisting of a suspension of minute particles of gold in oil and alcohol, formerly used as a medicine, and produced by dissolving gold in aqua regia, pouring oil on the resulting solution to absorb the gold and reduce it to particles, pouring off the oil, and mixing with alcohol.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > restoratives, tonics, or stimulants > [noun] > cordial > made from mineral

potable gold1559

aurum potabilea1644

1558 (a1449) J. Lydgate Minor Poems (1911) i. 161 (MED) Not golde potable nor pured quintessence..Surmounte the power of myghti pestilence.]

1559 P. Morwyng tr. C. Gesner Treasure of Euonymus Pref. sig. A ij ^v A heauenlye water, or rather diuine of the Chymistes..wherof potable gold [L. aurum poculentum], and that philosophers stone much spoken of, but not yet fond, consisteth.

1576 G. Baker tr. C. Gesner Newe Jewell of Health (title) The newe jewell of health, wherein is contayned..the vse and preparation of antimonie, and potable gold.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iii. 608 What wonder then if fields and regions here Breathe forth Elixir pure, and Rivers run Potable Gold .

1712 J. Swift Midas 7 He call'd for Drink; you saw him sup Potable Gold in Golden Cup.

1858 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Aurum Potabile,..old term,..Potable gold.

1992 W. H. Brock Fontana Hist. Chem. i. 19 In Arabic alchemy..we meet for the first time the notion of the philosopher's stone and potable gold or the elixir of life.

† potable Mars n. Obsolete rare a preparation of dissolved iron salts or suspended iron particles, formerly used as a medicine.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medical preparations of specific origin > mineral medicine > [noun] > medicine prepared from iron

steel1649

chalybeate1667

potable Mars1694

the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines of specific form > tincture > [noun] > specific tinctures

potable Mars1694

elixir1736

Huxham's tincture1788

sacred elixir1797

sacred tincture1797

alcoholature1831

mother tincture1842

Mimulus1933

1694 W. Salmon Pharmacopœia Bateana i. vii. 234/1 A Tincture of Mars from Maets, which is called Potable Mars.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	potable
释义	potableadj.n. Brit. /ˈpəʊtəbl/, U.S. /ˈpoʊdəb(ə)l/ Forms: late Middle English– potable, 1500s potabille (Scottish), 1600s potabile, 1600s potible. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French potable; Latin potabilis. Etymology: < Middle French, French potable fit or suitable for drinking (late 13th cent. in Old French) and its etymon post-classical Latin potabilis drinkable (4th cent.) < classical Latin pōtāre to drink (see potation n.) + -bilis -ble suffix. Compare Catalan potable (1460), Spanish potable (1424 or earlier), Italian potabile (late 15th or early 16th cent.).In potable gold n. at Compounds after Middle French or potable (1516). A. adj. 1. Fit or suitable for drinking; drinkable. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > [adjective] > drinkable potable?a1425 buvable1480 drinkable1611 potate1612 potulental1620 sorbile1620 poculent1626 potulent1657 potatory1828 ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 25^v Helpes repercussiues..bene of 4 fourmez: ffirst is..oxicratum of water & acete medled in fourme potable. c1487 J. Skelton tr. Diodorus Siculus Bibliotheca Historica v. 349 Wyn..attemprid with..Iupiters water..is somwhat potable & more holsom to drynke. 1558 W. Ward tr. G. Ruscelli Secretes (1562) i. 6 b To resolue and reducte gold into a potable licoure. 1572 J. Jones Bathes of Bathes Ayde ii. f. 16 The water there is altogyther potable. 1610 J. Healey tr. St. Augustine Citie of God xix. xiii. 770 The visible light, the spirable ayre, the potable water. 1702 R. L'Estrange tr. Josephus Wars of Jews iii. xviii, in Wks. 882 The Water Sweet and Potable, without any thing of Moorishness, either in the Tast or Colour. 1754 J. Hanway Hist. Acct. Brit. Trade Caspian Sea (ed. 2) II. vii. iii. 179 The water..was so corrupted.., that it was not potable. 1796 S. L. Mitchill Let. 24 Oct. in Trans. Soc. Promotion of Useful Information (1801) 254 The water draining from such places is often potable and good. 1806 T. Jefferson Let. 11 Feb. in Writings (1984) 1159 He found the temperature of the springs 150° of Fahrenheit & the water perfectly potable when cooled. 1883 F. M. Crawford Mr. Isaacs ix Huge packs of provisions edible and potable. 1918 W. M. Kirkland Joys of being Woman xiv. 162 Her coffee, she remarks, ‘has seven kinds of sticks in it, but is perfectly potable.’ 1995 Harper's Mag. Apr. 37/2 The considerable deprivations and pains in the asses of existing without a potable water source. †2. Related to drinking, intoxicated. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [adjective] > appropriate to drinking potable1605 1605 G. Chapman Al Fooles v. i, in Plays (1873) I. 182 Come on, lets heare his wit in this potable humour. B. n. In plural. Drinkable substances; beverages; liquor. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > [noun] drencha800 drunka800 drinkc888 wetec897 liquor1340 beveragec1400 bever?1453 pitcher-meat1551 bum1570 pot1583 nin1611 sorbition1623 potablesa1625 potion1634 refreshment1639 potulent1656 sorbicle1657 pote1694 drinkable1708 potation1742 rinfresco1745 sup1782 bouvragea1815 potatory1834 a1625 J. Fletcher Rule a Wife (1640) iii. 26 In a well built body, a poore parsnip Will play his prize, above their strong potabiles. 1671 H. More Let. 7 May in Conway Lett. (1992) vi. 336 And though we satt at the Dukes own table, yett my neighboure on each side me was at a losse whom to speake to for potables, those behinde us looking too big for those services. 1716 H. Wanley Lett. 11 Oct. (1989) 350 He participated of both Eatables & Potables. 1817 I. D'Israeli Curiosities of Lit. 1st Ser. III. 236 He indicates the places for peculiar edibles, and exquisite potables. 1884 Punch 18 Oct. 190/1 The pleasant potables they would imperiously prohibit. 1979 Yale Apr. 6/2 (advt.) Savor lobster, homemade apple pie, potables from our tavern. 1991 Wine & Spirits Apr. 28/2 Some Spanish and French graduates of the Bordeaux University Institute of Enology kindly re-acquainted me with that most civilized of potables. Compounds potable gold n. now historical (a) a supposed liquid elixir containing gold and capable of conveying eternal youth to the drinker; the elixir of life; (b) a preparation consisting of a suspension of minute particles of gold in oil and alcohol, formerly used as a medicine, and produced by dissolving gold in aqua regia, pouring oil on the resulting solution to absorb the gold and reduce it to particles, pouring off the oil, and mixing with alcohol. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > restoratives, tonics, or stimulants > [noun] > cordial > made from mineral potable gold1559 aurum potabilea1644 1558 (a1449) J. Lydgate Minor Poems (1911) i. 161 (MED) Not golde potable nor pured quintessence..Surmounte the power of myghti pestilence.] 1559 P. Morwyng tr. C. Gesner Treasure of Euonymus Pref. sig. A ij ^v A heauenlye water, or rather diuine of the Chymistes..wherof potable gold [L. aurum poculentum], and that philosophers stone much spoken of, but not yet fond, consisteth. 1576 G. Baker tr. C. Gesner Newe Jewell of Health (title) The newe jewell of health, wherein is contayned..the vse and preparation of antimonie, and potable gold. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iii. 608 What wonder then if fields and regions here Breathe forth Elixir pure, and Rivers run Potable Gold . View more context for this quotation 1712 J. Swift Midas 7 He call'd for Drink; you saw him sup Potable Gold in Golden Cup. 1858 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Aurum Potabile,..old term,..Potable gold. 1992 W. H. Brock Fontana Hist. Chem. i. 19 In Arabic alchemy..we meet for the first time the notion of the philosopher's stone and potable gold or the elixir of life. † potable Mars n. Obsolete rare a preparation of dissolved iron salts or suspended iron particles, formerly used as a medicine. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medical preparations of specific origin > mineral medicine > [noun] > medicine prepared from iron steel1649 chalybeate1667 potable Mars1694 the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines of specific form > tincture > [noun] > specific tinctures potable Mars1694 elixir1736 Huxham's tincture1788 sacred elixir1797 sacred tincture1797 alcoholature1831 mother tincture1842 Mimulus1933 1694 W. Salmon Pharmacopœia Bateana i. vii. 234/1 A Tincture of Mars from Maets, which is called Potable Mars. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.?a1425
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