presentableadj.

Brit.

/prᵻˈzɛntəbl/, U.S.

/prəˈzɛn(t)əb(ə)l/,

/priˈzɛn(t)əb(ə)l/

Forms: late Middle English– presentable, 1700s presentible.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; probably originally modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: present v., -able suffix.

Etymology: < present v. + -able suffix, probably originally after Anglo-Norman presentable that needs to be presented (a1355 or earlier). Compare post-classical Latin praesentabilis present at a meeting (10th cent.), that can be presented or displayed, usually (in legal context) liable or subject to presentment (1305, 1408, a1565 in British sources), (of a clergyman) capable of being presented to a benefice (1556 in a British source), Middle French, French présentable (of a thing) which can be presented (1530), (of a person) who is fit to appear in public (1727).With the form presentible compare -ible suffix.

†1. Law. Of an offence, evidence, etc.: that may or should be formally presented in court; liable to presentment. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > [adjective] > that may be laid before court

presentable1451

1451 Memorandum of Prosecutions in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 526 In the Cyte of Norwyche must the falsehodys and the fals getyngys of good ther don ben fowndyn, and thow summ[e] maters ben not presentable or paraventur in seche forme not corigyble ther, yet so that the mater in the self be orible and fowle..it semyth summe men best that all go forthe and be taken.

1540 Act 32 Hen. VIII c. 43 Thinges enquirable presentable or determinable before iusticers of peas.

1648 J. March Reports 120 The keeping of false weights is presentable in Leet, if the party use them, otherwise not.

a1701 in Prideaux Direct. Ch.-wardens (1701) 11 They will..present such persons and things as are presentable by the Ecclesiastical Laws.

1739 N. Bacon's Laws & Govt. Eng. I. 145 (note) This was originally presentable and punishable in the Leet.

1863 J. Keble Life T. Wilson: Pt. I x. 327 [Drunkenness] should be especially enumerated among the presentable offences.

1897 Virginia Law Reg. 3 275 The departure consists in making the first decision conclude not only all matters presented and received, but all matters presentable in the first case.

2. Ecclesiastical Law.

a. = presentative adj. 1. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > benefice > kinds of benefice > [adjective] > presentative

presentable1463

presentative1559

1463 in Collectanea Topographica & Genealogica (1836) III. 269 Asoft within þe seid xvij yeres as any chauntrie or chapell not presentable..or any oþer office longyng to any of þe seid maners shall belonge to þe yift.

1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. viii. 297 To found such a Church or Chappel, and to ordain that it shall be a donative and not presentable.

1726 J. Ayliffe Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani 90 No more..than Incumbents of Churches Presentable can by their sole Act grant the Incumbencies to others.

1776 G. Wilson tr. E. Coke Rep. 3 vi. 50 But if a Bishop collates without title to a church presentable, and his clerk is inducted, yet that should not put the rightful patron out of possession.

1816 Times 25 July 3/1 Here..was a clear distinction between a benefice presentable and a donative.

1875 Times 2 June 8/3 If the Bill were passed the donative living might be turned into a presentable benefice.

b. Of a clergyman: capable of being presented to a benefice. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

ΚΠ

1882 Ogilvie's Imperial Dict. (new ed.) Presentable,..3. Eccles. (a) Capable of being presented to a church living; as, a presentable clerk.

3. That can or may be presented; capable of or suitable for presentation to a person, to the mind, as a gift, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > giving > [adjective] > suitable for presentation

presentablea1626

the mind > possession > giving > offer or action of offering > [adjective] > that can be offered

offerable1577

presentablea1626

profferable1822

the mind > language > speech > narration > description or act of describing > [adjective] > describing vividly > capable of being presented to the mind

presentable1757

a1626 A. Lake Medit. in Sermons (1629) sig. a2^v Faultring words, wandring thoughts, are neither of them presentable to thee.

1757 E. Burke Philos. Enq. Sublime & Beautiful v. §7. 183 Here are again two ideas not presentible but by language.

1854 M. Faraday Exper. Res. lv. 468 Under that form it is easily presentable to the mind.

1868 E. Edwards Life Sir W. Ralegh I. xv. 280 These possibilities of a presentable claim.

1919 Harvard Law Rev. 32 546 It would be hard to find a presentable reason of policy for allowing the beneficiaries of a monopoly, natural or legal, more than a reasonable return on the value of their whole property.

1978 Economist (Nexis) 11 Mar. 27 Once a presentable agreement was arrived at through the intervention and help of the department of labour..the members did not attach much authority to the favourable voice of their leaders.

1993 Times 24 May 11/1 This is a presentable agreement... We would not have achieved this result without a strike.

4. Fit to be presented or introduced into society or company; of good or respectable appearance, fit to be seen. Also figurative.Now the usual sense. N.E.D. notes: ‘properly of persons; often extended to things’.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > pleasing appearance > [adjective]

faireOE

comelyOE

winlyOE

goodlyOE

hendya1250

hendc1275

quaintc1300

seemlyc1305

tidya1325

avenant1340

honestc1384

sightya1387

properc1390

well beseena1393

queema1400

speciousa1400

featousc1400

parisantc1400

rekenc1400

well-favoureda1438

wellc1450

spectable?a1475

delicatec1480

jollya1500

bonny?a1513

snog1513

viewlyc1536

goodlikec1550

sightly1555

sightful1565

beholdinga1586

eyesome?1587

decent1600

vage1604

prospicuous1605

eyely1614

fashionable1630

well-looking1638

softa1643

fineish1647

well-looked1660

of a good (also ugly, etc.) look1700

likely-looked1709

sonsy1720

smiling1725

aspectable1731

smirkya1758

likely-looking1771

respectable1776

magnificent-looking1790

producible1792

presentable1800

good-looking1804

nice-looking1807

bonnyish1855

spick1882

eyeable1887

aegyo2007

1800 M. Edgeworth Eton Montem i, in Parent's Assistant (ed. 3) VI. 137 Do send my ooman to me to make me presentable.

1801 M. Edgeworth Belinda I. iv. 132 Excuse me for showing you the simple truth; well dressed falsehood is a personage much more presentable.

1835 N. P. Willis Pencillings II. xlii. 34 A wash in the clean water made him once more a presentable person.

1858 N. Hawthorne French & Ital. Note-bks. I. 170 The pictures being in a more presentable condition than usual.

1887 R. N. Carey Uncle Max v She..was quite a presentable young lady.

1907 J. M. Synge Lett. to Molly (1971) 172 I will show it to you tomorrow if it is presentable enough.

1925 C. Connolly Let. 23 Apr. in Romantic Friendship (1975) 72 He [sc. Maurice Bowra] is extremely presentable in any society.

1957 L. de Wohl Glorious Folly ix. 82 Straight Street was very presentable, with a fine Corinthian colonnade.

1974 Times 19 Oct. 6/7 Bowra remarked that he had had his hair cut—‘makes one more presentable’.

1991 Newport Summer 27/3 You can wear your jeans, but, please, try to look presentable.

Compounds

presentable-looking adj.

ΚΠ

1889 Catholic World Oct. 125 I've known girls—good girls, mind you—to go off together..for the express purpose of having ‘a good flirt’... It means getting into conversation with any presentable-looking young men.

1922 Times 13 Nov. 9/4 In the less expensive furs suitable for young girls there is a blue-dyed wolf..which can be obtained for as low a price as £12 10s. for a presentable looking tie.

2004 Tampa (Florida) Tribune (Nexis) 15 June 1 Out of the crowd appeared an otherwise pleasant, presentable-looking woman.

Derivatives

presentaˈbility n. (a) capability of being presented; (b) the state of being fit to be seen.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > pleasing appearance > [noun]

comelinessc1350

seemlinessc1385

comeliheada1393

goodliheada1413

beseemingc1440

goodliness1449

propernessc1478

sightliness1561

handsomeness1622

speciousness1650

presentability1823

nicelookingness1865

eye appeal1916

spiffiness1981

aegyo1997

the mind > language > speech > narration > description or act of describing > [noun] > capability of being described

presentability1823

1823 A. Lefanu Tales of Tourist III. 230 She was very well, deepy read in novels, and had beauty, which greatly contributes to a woman's presentability.

1846 C. G. F. Gore Sketches Eng. Char. I. 268 The body-coachman..caused himself to be..sandpapered and scrubbed into presentability.

1888 Pop. Sci. Monthly Aug. 447 Old boots, which had long passed the season of presentability.

1992 L. Gordon Shared Lives v. 89 One of the main events in this period..was the school dance. The exacting norms of sophistication ensured that we asked partners on the basis of presentability.

1993 Museum Internat. No 4. 35/3 The function was primarily the restoration of museum objects for purposes of enhancing presentability, function or stability.

preˈsentably adv. in a presentable manner, so as to have a good or respectable appearance.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > pleasing appearance > [adverb]

fairlyOE

comelyOE

hendly?c1225

goodlyc1275

seemlya1325

sweet1338

quaintly1340

properlyc1390

well?a1400

comelilyc1400

seemlilyc1400

jollilyc1426

formally1548

handsomely1560

sightly1592

handsome1600

winsomely17..

nicely1714

in one's best (also worst) looks1816

presentably1848

1848 Times 27 July 5/5 An officer can still clothe himself presentably.

1892 A. E. Lee Hist. Columbus I. 252 The Square was enclosed, for the first time presentably, with a fence of cedar posts and white painted palings.

1959 E. H. Clements High Tension xii. 185 The laird of Kilmorrin, now dressed presentably..faced the laird of Glenask.

1994 Computer Bull. Apr. 2/3 Distributed computing is just now facing up to the challenge of handling continuous media such as voice, video and music presentably.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	presentable
释义	presentableadj. Brit. /prᵻˈzɛntəbl/, U.S. /prəˈzɛn(t)əb(ə)l/, /priˈzɛn(t)əb(ə)l/ Forms: late Middle English– presentable, 1700s presentible. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; probably originally modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: present v., -able suffix. Etymology: < present v. + -able suffix, probably originally after Anglo-Norman presentable that needs to be presented (a1355 or earlier). Compare post-classical Latin praesentabilis present at a meeting (10th cent.), that can be presented or displayed, usually (in legal context) liable or subject to presentment (1305, 1408, a1565 in British sources), (of a clergyman) capable of being presented to a benefice (1556 in a British source), Middle French, French présentable (of a thing) which can be presented (1530), (of a person) who is fit to appear in public (1727).With the form presentible compare -ible suffix. †1. Law. Of an offence, evidence, etc.: that may or should be formally presented in court; liable to presentment. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > [adjective] > that may be laid before court presentable1451 1451 Memorandum of Prosecutions in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 526 In the Cyte of Norwyche must the falsehodys and the fals getyngys of good ther don ben fowndyn, and thow summ[e] maters ben not presentable or paraventur in seche forme not corigyble ther, yet so that the mater in the self be orible and fowle..it semyth summe men best that all go forthe and be taken. 1540 Act 32 Hen. VIII c. 43 Thinges enquirable presentable or determinable before iusticers of peas. 1648 J. March Reports 120 The keeping of false weights is presentable in Leet, if the party use them, otherwise not. a1701 in Prideaux Direct. Ch.-wardens (1701) 11 They will..present such persons and things as are presentable by the Ecclesiastical Laws. 1739 N. Bacon's Laws & Govt. Eng. I. 145 (note) This was originally presentable and punishable in the Leet. 1863 J. Keble Life T. Wilson: Pt. I x. 327 [Drunkenness] should be especially enumerated among the presentable offences. 1897 Virginia Law Reg. 3 275 The departure consists in making the first decision conclude not only all matters presented and received, but all matters presentable in the first case. 2. Ecclesiastical Law. a. = presentative adj. 1. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > benefice > kinds of benefice > [adjective] > presentative presentable1463 presentative1559 1463 in Collectanea Topographica & Genealogica (1836) III. 269 Asoft within þe seid xvij yeres as any chauntrie or chapell not presentable..or any oþer office longyng to any of þe seid maners shall belonge to þe yift. 1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. viii. 297 To found such a Church or Chappel, and to ordain that it shall be a donative and not presentable. 1726 J. Ayliffe Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani 90 No more..than Incumbents of Churches Presentable can by their sole Act grant the Incumbencies to others. 1776 G. Wilson tr. E. Coke Rep. 3 vi. 50 But if a Bishop collates without title to a church presentable, and his clerk is inducted, yet that should not put the rightful patron out of possession. 1816 Times 25 July 3/1 Here..was a clear distinction between a benefice presentable and a donative. 1875 Times 2 June 8/3 If the Bill were passed the donative living might be turned into a presentable benefice. b. Of a clergyman: capable of being presented to a benefice. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΚΠ 1882 Ogilvie's Imperial Dict. (new ed.) Presentable,..3. Eccles. (a) Capable of being presented to a church living; as, a presentable clerk. 3. That can or may be presented; capable of or suitable for presentation to a person, to the mind, as a gift, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > [adjective] > suitable for presentation presentablea1626 the mind > possession > giving > offer or action of offering > [adjective] > that can be offered offerable1577 presentablea1626 profferable1822 the mind > language > speech > narration > description or act of describing > [adjective] > describing vividly > capable of being presented to the mind presentable1757 a1626 A. Lake Medit. in Sermons (1629) sig. a2^v Faultring words, wandring thoughts, are neither of them presentable to thee. 1757 E. Burke Philos. Enq. Sublime & Beautiful v. §7. 183 Here are again two ideas not presentible but by language. 1854 M. Faraday Exper. Res. lv. 468 Under that form it is easily presentable to the mind. 1868 E. Edwards Life Sir W. Ralegh I. xv. 280 These possibilities of a presentable claim. 1919 Harvard Law Rev. 32 546 It would be hard to find a presentable reason of policy for allowing the beneficiaries of a monopoly, natural or legal, more than a reasonable return on the value of their whole property. 1978 Economist (Nexis) 11 Mar. 27 Once a presentable agreement was arrived at through the intervention and help of the department of labour..the members did not attach much authority to the favourable voice of their leaders. 1993 Times 24 May 11/1 This is a presentable agreement... We would not have achieved this result without a strike. 4. Fit to be presented or introduced into society or company; of good or respectable appearance, fit to be seen. Also figurative.Now the usual sense. N.E.D. notes: ‘properly of persons; often extended to things’. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > pleasing appearance > [adjective] faireOE comelyOE winlyOE goodlyOE hendya1250 hendc1275 quaintc1300 seemlyc1305 tidya1325 avenant1340 honestc1384 sightya1387 properc1390 well beseena1393 queema1400 speciousa1400 featousc1400 parisantc1400 rekenc1400 well-favoureda1438 wellc1450 spectable?a1475 delicatec1480 jollya1500 bonny?a1513 snog1513 viewlyc1536 goodlikec1550 sightly1555 sightful1565 beholdinga1586 eyesome?1587 decent1600 vage1604 prospicuous1605 eyely1614 fashionable1630 well-looking1638 softa1643 fineish1647 well-looked1660 of a good (also ugly, etc.) look1700 likely-looked1709 sonsy1720 smiling1725 aspectable1731 smirkya1758 likely-looking1771 respectable1776 magnificent-looking1790 producible1792 presentable1800 good-looking1804 nice-looking1807 bonnyish1855 spick1882 eyeable1887 aegyo2007 1800 M. Edgeworth Eton Montem i, in Parent's Assistant (ed. 3) VI. 137 Do send my ooman to me to make me presentable. 1801 M. Edgeworth Belinda I. iv. 132 Excuse me for showing you the simple truth; well dressed falsehood is a personage much more presentable. 1835 N. P. Willis Pencillings II. xlii. 34 A wash in the clean water made him once more a presentable person. 1858 N. Hawthorne French & Ital. Note-bks. I. 170 The pictures being in a more presentable condition than usual. 1887 R. N. Carey Uncle Max v She..was quite a presentable young lady. 1907 J. M. Synge Lett. to Molly (1971) 172 I will show it to you tomorrow if it is presentable enough. 1925 C. Connolly Let. 23 Apr. in Romantic Friendship (1975) 72 He [sc. Maurice Bowra] is extremely presentable in any society. 1957 L. de Wohl Glorious Folly ix. 82 Straight Street was very presentable, with a fine Corinthian colonnade. 1974 Times 19 Oct. 6/7 Bowra remarked that he had had his hair cut—‘makes one more presentable’. 1991 Newport Summer 27/3 You can wear your jeans, but, please, try to look presentable. Compounds presentable-looking adj. ΚΠ 1889 Catholic World Oct. 125 I've known girls—good girls, mind you—to go off together..for the express purpose of having ‘a good flirt’... It means getting into conversation with any presentable-looking young men. 1922 Times 13 Nov. 9/4 In the less expensive furs suitable for young girls there is a blue-dyed wolf..which can be obtained for as low a price as £12 10s. for a presentable looking tie. 2004 Tampa (Florida) Tribune (Nexis) 15 June 1 Out of the crowd appeared an otherwise pleasant, presentable-looking woman. Derivatives presentaˈbility n. (a) capability of being presented; (b) the state of being fit to be seen. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > pleasing appearance > [noun] comelinessc1350 seemlinessc1385 comeliheada1393 goodliheada1413 beseemingc1440 goodliness1449 propernessc1478 sightliness1561 handsomeness1622 speciousness1650 presentability1823 nicelookingness1865 eye appeal1916 spiffiness1981 aegyo1997 the mind > language > speech > narration > description or act of describing > [noun] > capability of being described presentability1823 1823 A. Lefanu Tales of Tourist III. 230 She was very well, deepy read in novels, and had beauty, which greatly contributes to a woman's presentability. 1846 C. G. F. Gore Sketches Eng. Char. I. 268 The body-coachman..caused himself to be..sandpapered and scrubbed into presentability. 1888 Pop. Sci. Monthly Aug. 447 Old boots, which had long passed the season of presentability. 1992 L. Gordon Shared Lives v. 89 One of the main events in this period..was the school dance. The exacting norms of sophistication ensured that we asked partners on the basis of presentability. 1993 Museum Internat. No 4. 35/3 The function was primarily the restoration of museum objects for purposes of enhancing presentability, function or stability. preˈsentably adv. in a presentable manner, so as to have a good or respectable appearance. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > pleasing appearance > [adverb] fairlyOE comelyOE hendly?c1225 goodlyc1275 seemlya1325 sweet1338 quaintly1340 properlyc1390 well?a1400 comelilyc1400 seemlilyc1400 jollilyc1426 formally1548 handsomely1560 sightly1592 handsome1600 winsomely17.. nicely1714 in one's best (also worst) looks1816 presentably1848 1848 Times 27 July 5/5 An officer can still clothe himself presentably. 1892 A. E. Lee Hist. Columbus I. 252 The Square was enclosed, for the first time presentably, with a fence of cedar posts and white painted palings. 1959 E. H. Clements High Tension xii. 185 The laird of Kilmorrin, now dressed presentably..faced the laird of Glenask. 1994 Computer Bull. Apr. 2/3 Distributed computing is just now facing up to the challenge of handling continuous media such as voice, video and music presentably. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1451
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