professableadj.

Brit.

/prəˈfɛsəbl/, U.S.

/prəˈfɛsəb(ə)l/,

/proʊˈfɛsəb(ə)l/

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

Etymology: < profess v. + -able suffix, originally after French professable (1847 in the passage translated in quot. 1897; rare).

rare.

Capable of being professed; able to profess; (in quot. 1897) able to be publicly taught or lectured on by a professor.

ΘΚΠ

society > education > teaching > [adjective] > teachable (of things) > by a professor

professable1897

1897 tr. H. de Balzac Cousin Pons 129 We are founding chairs of Mantchu and Slav, and literatures so little professable (to coin a word) as the literatures of the North.

1989 Underground Grammarian Mar. 2 Most people do believe that; but they don't know that. Nobody knows that. It is professable and professed, of course, notably by the ‘professionals’ of mind and the ‘professionals’ of soul.

2002 Is Infant Baptism a Christian Practice? in alt.christnet.calvinist (Usenet newsgroup) 11 Mar. There was another reason why God commanded that the sign of the covenant faith be applied to children,..where faith was not yet outwardly observable or professable.

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

单词	professable
释义	professableadj. Brit. /prəˈfɛsəbl/, U.S. /prəˈfɛsəb(ə)l/, /proʊˈfɛsəb(ə)l/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; originally modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: profess v., -able suffix. Etymology: < profess v. + -able suffix, originally after French professable (1847 in the passage translated in quot. 1897; rare). rare. Capable of being professed; able to profess; (in quot. 1897) able to be publicly taught or lectured on by a professor. ΘΚΠ society > education > teaching > [adjective] > teachable (of things) > by a professor professable1897 1897 tr. H. de Balzac Cousin Pons 129 We are founding chairs of Mantchu and Slav, and literatures so little professable (to coin a word) as the literatures of the North. 1989 Underground Grammarian Mar. 2 Most people do believe that; but they don't know that. Nobody knows that. It is professable and professed, of course, notably by the ‘professionals’ of mind and the ‘professionals’ of soul. 2002 Is Infant Baptism a Christian Practice? in alt.christnet.calvinist (Usenet newsgroup) 11 Mar. There was another reason why God commanded that the sign of the covenant faith be applied to children,..where faith was not yet outwardly observable or professable. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1897
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