proportionableadj.adv.

Brit.

/prəˈpɔːʃn̩əbl/,

/prəˈpɔːʃ(ə)nəbl/, U.S.

/prəˈpɔrʃənəb(ə)l/,

/pərˈpɔrʃənəb(ə)l/

Forms: late Middle English–1600s proporcionable, 1500s proporcyonabul, 1500s– proportionable, 1600s proporconable, 1600s proportionabl; Scottish pre-1700 proporcionabile, pre-1700 proporcionable, pre-1700 1700s– proportionable.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French proporcionable; Latin proportionabilis.

Etymology: < (i) Middle French proporcionable, proportionable (French proportionnable ) proportional (c1280 in Old French), and its etymon (ii) post-classical Latin proportionabilis proportional (6th cent. in Boethius), corresponding (frequently a1250–1400 in British sources), (in music, of sounds) having definite relations of pitch and length (see quot. 1597 at sense A. 3), alteration of proportionalis proportional adj., after classical Latin ratiōnābilis rationable adj.¹ (or irratiōnābilis irrationable adj.); compare -ble suffix. Compare Spanish proporcionable (1454), Italian proporzionabile (1521). Compare earlier proportional adj., proportionate adj., proportioned adj.

A. adj.

1. Frequently with to.

a. That is in proportion; corresponding or commensurate in size, number, amount, or degree; proportionate; comparable.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > [adjective] > that is in due proportion or proportionate

reasonable1348

proportionala1398

proportionatea1398

proportionable?a1425

attemperate1485

measured1561

measurable1563

answerable1567

symmetral1660

adequal1678

proportionative1949

?a1425 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. iii. met. ix. 21 Thow byndest the elementis by nombres proporcionables [Camb. MS. porcionables], that the coolde thinges mowen accorde with the hote thinges, and the drye thinges with the moyste.

a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 56 The partys of thys body be not proporcyonabul one to a nother.

1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II ii. ii. 125 For vs to leuie power Proportionable to the enemy is all vnpossible.

1647 N. Bacon Hist. Disc. Govt. 197 No more of the inheritance can be conveyed to any of the children, then their proportionable parts will amount unto.

1663 S. Fortrey Eng. Interest & Impr. 34 To consider and examine if the gold, to silver, in England, be of the like proportionable value; as the gold, to silver, in France, Spain, Holland, and other forein countreys.

1734 tr. C. Rollin Anc. Hist. I. 3 Twenty pillars six fathoms round, of a proportionable heighth.

1770 J. Andrews Rev. Characters Principal Nations Europe I. 136 A proportionable Share of that Pride and Haughtiness..tainted the Mind, and infected the Behaviour of such among their Subjects as acted by their Commission.

1808 J. Webster Elem. Nat. Philos. (new ed.) 17 The cohesive force is proportionable to the number of parts that touch each other.

a1832 J. Mackintosh Life T. More in Wks. (1846) I. 424 When his son with a wife, three daughters with their husbands, and a proportionable number of grandchildren, dwelt under his patriarchal roof.

1850 H. Melville White-jacket lii. 257 Where the merest boys..are given such authority over mature men, the results must be proportionable in monstrousness to the custom that authorizes this worse than cruel absurdity.

1928 Times 10 May 26/3 The whole of their commercial units..had an immediate rebate proportionable with the fall in the price of coal.

1945 Univ. Chicago Law Rev. 12 213 New houses..to be occupied by persons whose financial resources are proportionable to construction costs.

1997 Union Leader (Manchester, New Hampsh.) (Nexis) 25 Apr. a7 A resolution asking the state Supreme Court for an advisory opinion on whether the new taxation would be proportionable and reasonable.

†b. That corresponds or is appropriate as regards nature, type, quality, or function; suitable, apt, fitting; comparable, analogous. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > [adjective] > corresponding or analogous

accordingc1300

proportionate?a1425

proportionablec1443

correspondentc1460

agreeable1540

answerable1551

match1551

analogical1577

suitablea1586

parallela1610

analogal1610

correlativea1626

matching1630

analogic1638

analogous1644

commensurate1644

samea1687

companion1766

homologous1837

to match1838

homological1849

homologic1880

homothetic1886

tallied1895

matched1925

the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > [adjective]

goodeOE

rightOE

queemlOE

belonglOE

behovingc1175

limplyc1200

tidefula1300

avenantc1300

mackc1330

worthy1340

hemea1350

convenientc1374

seemlya1375

shapelyc1374

ablea1382

cordant1382

meetc1385

accordable1386

accordinga1387

appurtenantc1386

pertinentc1390

accordanta1393

likea1393

setea1400

throa1400

agreeablec1425

habilec1425

suitly1426

competentc1430

suiting1431

fitc1440

proportionablec1443

justc1450

congruent?a1475

cordinga1475

congruec1475

afferant1480

belonging1483

cordable1485

hovable1508

attainanta1513

accommodate1525

agreeing1533

respondent1533

opportunate?1541

appropriate1544

commode1549

familiar1553

apt1563

pliant1565

liable1570

sortly1570

competible1586

sortable1586

fitty1589

accommodable1592

congruable1603

affining1606

feated1606

suity1607

reputable1611

suited1613

idoneousa1615

matchable1614

suitablea1616

congruous1631

fitten1642

responsal1647

appropriated1651

adapt1658

mack-like1672

squared1698

homogeneous1708

applicable1711

unforeign1718

fitted1736

congenial1738

assorted1790

accommodatable1874

OK1925

c1443 R. Pecock Reule of Crysten Religioun (1927) 449 Certis iij temptaciouns þer ben..oon is exaumplyng of holy mennys deedis... To þe attendaunce of whom as forto make þerbi a reule to vs forto folewe in lijk or in proporcionable case, is passing greet perel.

c1475 (c1445) R. Pecock Donet (1921) 54 (MED) Þouȝ a reule..seeme to þe consid[er]er..to be to þe persoone riȝt euen, meete, or proporcionable, and according for euer..ȝitt it haþ be seen..aftirward bi lengir assaie and experience, þat þilk reule haþ not be so for euer to þe same persoone even, mete, or proporcionable and according.

1528 T. Paynell tr. Arnaldus de Villa Nova in Joannes de Mediolano Regimen Sanitatis Salerni sig. F ij They..engendre bludde specialye proportionable to the harte.

1574 A. Gilby tr. Test. Twelue Patriarches sig. Gviii^v The Lord maketh a mans bodye proportionable to the spirite that he will put into it, and fitteth the spirite to the abilitie of the body.

1602 J. Manningham Diary 10 Oct. (1976) 90 Parables are proportionable resemblances of thinges not well understoode.

1661 E. Stillingfleet Irenicum I. i. 1 He that imposeth any matter of opinion upon the belief of others, without giving evidence of reason for it, proportionable to the confidence of his assertion.

1754 J. Edwards Careful Enq. Freedom of Will ii. iii. 44 It has a Cause proportionable and agreable to the Effect.

1784 E. Allen Reason vi. §2. 229 It is the same as to suppose an effect without a suitable or a proportionable cause.

†2. Well-proportioned; symmetrical. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > symmetry or regularity > [adjective]

well-proportioneda1398

regularc1450

proportionable1576

formly1577

symmetriated1592

symmetrial1612

well-proportionated1612

well-balanceda1616

symmetrical1751

symmetric1796

eurhythmic1831

eumorphous1859

the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > beauty of shape or form > [adjective] > well-proportioned

well-proportioneda1398

handsome1550

proportionable1576

well-thewed1583

well-proportionated1612

well-turned1631

nice-sized1799

1576 T. Newton tr. L. Lemnie Touchstone of Complexions f. 18 Englishmen..who being of heate more weake and lesse boylinge..are of stature comely and proportionable.

?c1603 in Trans. Shropshire Archæol. Soc. (1880) 3 281 This yeare..was borne..a childe..w^ch had hys hart lyver and lights w^thout hys body upon hys right syde w^thin a call the reast of hys body beinge hole and proporcionable.

1625 K. Long tr. J. Barclay Argenis iv. viii. 267 Nature hauing done her part, in giuing him proportionable lineaments.

1658 J. Burbury tr. G. Gualdo Priorato Hist. Christina Queen of Swedland 353 She [sc. Christina]..is in her gestures and motion most comely and gracious, of a proportionable stature, a fresh colour, and royall features.

1750 G. Hughes Nat. Hist. Barbados 65 It is about eight inches long and every way proportionable.

1822 Times 26 Sept. 4/2 (advt.) New Patent Stays, that rectify spinal deflections, counteract vertebral curvatures, support and cure persons awry, making the form appear proportionable and shapely.

†3. Music. Of sounds: standing in a recognized or proper relation to one another in terms of pitch or length. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > [adjective] > having definite pitch or length

proportionable1597

1597 T. Morley Plaine & Easie Introd. Musicke Annot. sig. ¶ Franchinus gaufurius [defineth music] thus... A disposition of proportionable soundes [L. proportionabilium sonorum] deuided by apt distances.

1604 T. Wright Passions of Minde (new ed.) v. 197 The harmony of proportionable voices and instruments, which feed the eare.

1644 J. Bulwer Chirologia 105 They had an artificiall manner of clapping their hands, to a certain measure or proportionable tune.

†4. Relative, comparative. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > comparison > [adjective] > estimated by comparison > (merely) relative

proportionable1654

comparative1774

1654 T. Fuller 2 Serm. 34 Each of them [sc. Jeremiah and Baruch] by proportionable computation, above sixtie yeares of age.

1677 Ld. Guildford Philos. Ess. Musick 26 What proportionable part of the string each semitone takes up.

1719 J. Chamberlayne tr. B. Nieuwentyt Relig. Philosopher II. xvii. 376 The Consequences that we have before deduced touching the proportionable Gravity of Water and Quicksilver.

1788 Trans. Royal Irish Acad. 1787 1 Pref. p. xii The proportionable density of the air at its various distances from the surface of the earth.

1796 R. Cotton Generation Light iii. 48 The proper definition of the word heaven, is the contrast between pleasure and pain; it is a relative term, and admits of proportionable degrees and measures of happiness even in this world.

†5. Capable of being proportioned. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1659 J. Milton Considerations touching Hirelings 48 The laborer; worthy somtimes of single, somtimes of double honor, not proportionable by tithes.

†B. adv.

= proportionably adv. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > [adverb] > in a proportionate manner/with due proportion

evena1200

proportionally1389

attemperatelyc1420

measurably1423

proportionablyc1443

proportionly1469

proportionatelyc1487

proportionable1600

commensurably1652

commensuratelya1680

answerably1713

1600 R. Hakluyt tr. in Princ. Navigations (new ed.) III. 863 That..there be nothing found out of order or lacking..which euery shippe proportionable to her burthen ought to haue.

a1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1645 (1955) II. 346 A roome of about 10 paces long, proportionable broad & high.

1681 P. Bellon tr. F. de Monginot New Myst. Physick 16 Add..of all proportionable to the quart of Wine contained in the Vessel.

?1845 J. H. Ingraham Harry Harefoot ii. 6/1 His father..had been unused to the usages of good society, until he had made money himself, and forced himself into it, and was proportionable solicitous of being thought perfectly well-bred.

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

单词	proportionable
释义	proportionableadj.adv. Brit. /prəˈpɔːʃn̩əbl/, /prəˈpɔːʃ(ə)nəbl/, U.S. /prəˈpɔrʃənəb(ə)l/, /pərˈpɔrʃənəb(ə)l/ Forms: late Middle English–1600s proporcionable, 1500s proporcyonabul, 1500s– proportionable, 1600s proporconable, 1600s proportionabl; Scottish pre-1700 proporcionabile, pre-1700 proporcionable, pre-1700 1700s– proportionable. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French proporcionable; Latin proportionabilis. Etymology: < (i) Middle French proporcionable, proportionable (French proportionnable ) proportional (c1280 in Old French), and its etymon (ii) post-classical Latin proportionabilis proportional (6th cent. in Boethius), corresponding (frequently a1250–1400 in British sources), (in music, of sounds) having definite relations of pitch and length (see quot. 1597 at sense A. 3), alteration of proportionalis proportional adj., after classical Latin ratiōnābilis rationable adj.¹ (or irratiōnābilis irrationable adj.); compare -ble suffix. Compare Spanish proporcionable (1454), Italian proporzionabile (1521). Compare earlier proportional adj., proportionate adj., proportioned adj. A. adj. 1. Frequently with to. a. That is in proportion; corresponding or commensurate in size, number, amount, or degree; proportionate; comparable. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > [adjective] > that is in due proportion or proportionate reasonable1348 proportionala1398 proportionatea1398 proportionable?a1425 attemperate1485 measured1561 measurable1563 answerable1567 symmetral1660 adequal1678 proportionative1949 ?a1425 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. iii. met. ix. 21 Thow byndest the elementis by nombres proporcionables [Camb. MS. porcionables], that the coolde thinges mowen accorde with the hote thinges, and the drye thinges with the moyste. a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 56 The partys of thys body be not proporcyonabul one to a nother. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II ii. ii. 125 For vs to leuie power Proportionable to the enemy is all vnpossible. View more context for this quotation 1647 N. Bacon Hist. Disc. Govt. 197 No more of the inheritance can be conveyed to any of the children, then their proportionable parts will amount unto. 1663 S. Fortrey Eng. Interest & Impr. 34 To consider and examine if the gold, to silver, in England, be of the like proportionable value; as the gold, to silver, in France, Spain, Holland, and other forein countreys. 1734 tr. C. Rollin Anc. Hist. I. 3 Twenty pillars six fathoms round, of a proportionable heighth. 1770 J. Andrews Rev. Characters Principal Nations Europe I. 136 A proportionable Share of that Pride and Haughtiness..tainted the Mind, and infected the Behaviour of such among their Subjects as acted by their Commission. 1808 J. Webster Elem. Nat. Philos. (new ed.) 17 The cohesive force is proportionable to the number of parts that touch each other. a1832 J. Mackintosh Life T. More in Wks. (1846) I. 424 When his son with a wife, three daughters with their husbands, and a proportionable number of grandchildren, dwelt under his patriarchal roof. 1850 H. Melville White-jacket lii. 257 Where the merest boys..are given such authority over mature men, the results must be proportionable in monstrousness to the custom that authorizes this worse than cruel absurdity. 1928 Times 10 May 26/3 The whole of their commercial units..had an immediate rebate proportionable with the fall in the price of coal. 1945 Univ. Chicago Law Rev. 12 213 New houses..to be occupied by persons whose financial resources are proportionable to construction costs. 1997 Union Leader (Manchester, New Hampsh.) (Nexis) 25 Apr. a7 A resolution asking the state Supreme Court for an advisory opinion on whether the new taxation would be proportionable and reasonable. †b. That corresponds or is appropriate as regards nature, type, quality, or function; suitable, apt, fitting; comparable, analogous. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > [adjective] > corresponding or analogous accordingc1300 proportionate?a1425 proportionablec1443 correspondentc1460 agreeable1540 answerable1551 match1551 analogical1577 suitablea1586 parallela1610 analogal1610 correlativea1626 matching1630 analogic1638 analogous1644 commensurate1644 samea1687 companion1766 homologous1837 to match1838 homological1849 homologic1880 homothetic1886 tallied1895 matched1925 the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > [adjective] goodeOE rightOE queemlOE belonglOE behovingc1175 limplyc1200 tidefula1300 avenantc1300 mackc1330 worthy1340 hemea1350 convenientc1374 seemlya1375 shapelyc1374 ablea1382 cordant1382 meetc1385 accordable1386 accordinga1387 appurtenantc1386 pertinentc1390 accordanta1393 likea1393 setea1400 throa1400 agreeablec1425 habilec1425 suitly1426 competentc1430 suiting1431 fitc1440 proportionablec1443 justc1450 congruent?a1475 cordinga1475 congruec1475 afferant1480 belonging1483 cordable1485 hovable1508 attainanta1513 accommodate1525 agreeing1533 respondent1533 opportunate?1541 appropriate1544 commode1549 familiar1553 apt1563 pliant1565 liable1570 sortly1570 competible1586 sortable1586 fitty1589 accommodable1592 congruable1603 affining1606 feated1606 suity1607 reputable1611 suited1613 idoneousa1615 matchable1614 suitablea1616 congruous1631 fitten1642 responsal1647 appropriated1651 adapt1658 mack-like1672 squared1698 homogeneous1708 applicable1711 unforeign1718 fitted1736 congenial1738 assorted1790 accommodatable1874 OK1925 c1443 R. Pecock Reule of Crysten Religioun (1927) 449 Certis iij temptaciouns þer ben..oon is exaumplyng of holy mennys deedis... To þe attendaunce of whom as forto make þerbi a reule to vs forto folewe in lijk or in proporcionable case, is passing greet perel. c1475 (c1445) R. Pecock Donet (1921) 54 (MED) Þouȝ a reule..seeme to þe consid[er]er..to be to þe persoone riȝt euen, meete, or proporcionable, and according for euer..ȝitt it haþ be seen..aftirward bi lengir assaie and experience, þat þilk reule haþ not be so for euer to þe same persoone even, mete, or proporcionable and according. 1528 T. Paynell tr. Arnaldus de Villa Nova in Joannes de Mediolano Regimen Sanitatis Salerni sig. F ij They..engendre bludde specialye proportionable to the harte. 1574 A. Gilby tr. Test. Twelue Patriarches sig. Gviii^v The Lord maketh a mans bodye proportionable to the spirite that he will put into it, and fitteth the spirite to the abilitie of the body. 1602 J. Manningham Diary 10 Oct. (1976) 90 Parables are proportionable resemblances of thinges not well understoode. 1661 E. Stillingfleet Irenicum I. i. 1 He that imposeth any matter of opinion upon the belief of others, without giving evidence of reason for it, proportionable to the confidence of his assertion. 1754 J. Edwards Careful Enq. Freedom of Will ii. iii. 44 It has a Cause proportionable and agreable to the Effect. 1784 E. Allen Reason vi. §2. 229 It is the same as to suppose an effect without a suitable or a proportionable cause. †2. Well-proportioned; symmetrical. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > symmetry or regularity > [adjective] well-proportioneda1398 regularc1450 proportionable1576 formly1577 symmetriated1592 symmetrial1612 well-proportionated1612 well-balanceda1616 symmetrical1751 symmetric1796 eurhythmic1831 eumorphous1859 the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > beauty of shape or form > [adjective] > well-proportioned well-proportioneda1398 handsome1550 proportionable1576 well-thewed1583 well-proportionated1612 well-turned1631 nice-sized1799 1576 T. Newton tr. L. Lemnie Touchstone of Complexions f. 18 Englishmen..who being of heate more weake and lesse boylinge..are of stature comely and proportionable. ?c1603 in Trans. Shropshire Archæol. Soc. (1880) 3 281 This yeare..was borne..a childe..w^ch had hys hart lyver and lights w^thout hys body upon hys right syde w^thin a call the reast of hys body beinge hole and proporcionable. 1625 K. Long tr. J. Barclay Argenis iv. viii. 267 Nature hauing done her part, in giuing him proportionable lineaments. 1658 J. Burbury tr. G. Gualdo Priorato Hist. Christina Queen of Swedland 353 She [sc. Christina]..is in her gestures and motion most comely and gracious, of a proportionable stature, a fresh colour, and royall features. 1750 G. Hughes Nat. Hist. Barbados 65 It is about eight inches long and every way proportionable. 1822 Times 26 Sept. 4/2 (advt.) New Patent Stays, that rectify spinal deflections, counteract vertebral curvatures, support and cure persons awry, making the form appear proportionable and shapely. †3. Music. Of sounds: standing in a recognized or proper relation to one another in terms of pitch or length. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > [adjective] > having definite pitch or length proportionable1597 1597 T. Morley Plaine & Easie Introd. Musicke Annot. sig. ¶ Franchinus gaufurius [defineth music] thus... A disposition of proportionable soundes [L. proportionabilium sonorum] deuided by apt distances. 1604 T. Wright Passions of Minde (new ed.) v. 197 The harmony of proportionable voices and instruments, which feed the eare. 1644 J. Bulwer Chirologia 105 They had an artificiall manner of clapping their hands, to a certain measure or proportionable tune. †4. Relative, comparative. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > comparison > [adjective] > estimated by comparison > (merely) relative proportionable1654 comparative1774 1654 T. Fuller 2 Serm. 34 Each of them [sc. Jeremiah and Baruch] by proportionable computation, above sixtie yeares of age. 1677 Ld. Guildford Philos. Ess. Musick 26 What proportionable part of the string each semitone takes up. 1719 J. Chamberlayne tr. B. Nieuwentyt Relig. Philosopher II. xvii. 376 The Consequences that we have before deduced touching the proportionable Gravity of Water and Quicksilver. 1788 Trans. Royal Irish Acad. 1787 1 Pref. p. xii The proportionable density of the air at its various distances from the surface of the earth. 1796 R. Cotton Generation Light iii. 48 The proper definition of the word heaven, is the contrast between pleasure and pain; it is a relative term, and admits of proportionable degrees and measures of happiness even in this world. †5. Capable of being proportioned. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1659 J. Milton Considerations touching Hirelings 48 The laborer; worthy somtimes of single, somtimes of double honor, not proportionable by tithes. †B. adv. = proportionably adv. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > [adverb] > in a proportionate manner/with due proportion evena1200 proportionally1389 attemperatelyc1420 measurably1423 proportionablyc1443 proportionly1469 proportionatelyc1487 proportionable1600 commensurably1652 commensuratelya1680 answerably1713 1600 R. Hakluyt tr. in Princ. Navigations (new ed.) III. 863 That..there be nothing found out of order or lacking..which euery shippe proportionable to her burthen ought to haue. a1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1645 (1955) II. 346 A roome of about 10 paces long, proportionable broad & high. 1681 P. Bellon tr. F. de Monginot New Myst. Physick 16 Add..of all proportionable to the quart of Wine contained in the Vessel. ?1845 J. H. Ingraham Harry Harefoot ii. 6/1 His father..had been unused to the usages of good society, until he had made money himself, and forced himself into it, and was proportionable solicitous of being thought perfectly well-bred. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.adv.?a1425
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