punishableadj.

Brit.

/ˈpʌnᵻʃəbl/, U.S.

/ˈpənɪʃəb(ə)l/

Forms: see punish v. and -able suffix; also Scottish pre-1700 puniescheable.

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

Etymology: < punish v. + -able suffix, probably originally after Anglo-Norman punisable, Anglo-Norman and Middle French, French punissable (end of the 13th cent. or earlier in Anglo-Norman in senses 1 and 2; sense 2 is apparently not paralleled in continental French until the early 16th cent.).

1. Of an offender: liable for or deserving punishment; able or likely to be punished.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > punishment > [adjective] > liable to or deserving of punishment

guiltyc1380

punishable1429

obnoxious1604

1429 in H. Nicolas Proc. & Ordinances Privy Council (1834) III. 331 (MED) Þaire ordennances..to be obeied under suche peines as shal be þought convenable to be executed..in alle þaim þat disobeye or þat be punysshable.

1530 St. German's Secunde Dyaloge Doctour & Student i. f. iii^v Tenauntes for terme of lyfe..be punysshable of waste by the statute..but at the comen lawe before that statute they were not punysshable.

c1600 in Balfour's Practicks (1754) 22 That nane sall be repute as loyall..to our soverane lord, or his authoritie, bot be puneisabill as rebellaris and ganestandaris of the samin, quhilk sall not give thair confessioun [etc.].

1699 Bp. G. Burnet Expos. 39 Articles (1700) x. 117 No man is accountable, rewardable or punishable, but for that in which he acts freely.

1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones VI. xvi. ix. 73 I think it is pity they were not punishable by Law.

1802 C. James New Mil. Dict. (at cited word) Officers or soldiers convicted of neglect of duty, are punishable at the discretion of a court martial.

1874 H. Sidgwick Methods of Ethics iv. iii. 408 I should be legally punishable if I omitted the act.

1912 Times 30 Oct. 14/7 If the shipowner makes default he is punishable by fine.

1991 Jrnl. Theol. Stud. 42 131 Another parable..serves to demonstrate that God holds the soul alone punishable for sin.

2. Of an offence, action, etc.: deserving of or entailing punishment.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > punishment > [adjective] > entailing punishment (of offence)

punishable1435

penal1569

disciplinable1647

vengeable1650

subpenal1659

mulctable1678

disciplinary1832

penalized1848

1435 in J. F. South & D. Power Memorials Craft of Surg. (1886) App. 319 (MED) So of dute half an hour is to be abiden, if it be nede, And that is more is of curtesie of [perh. read or] ponyschable.

c1475 (c1445) R. Pecock Donet (1921) 94 (MED) Synne is..vnrewardable, punyschable, reprouable, schameful.

1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Matt. v. 24 b Wherfore emonge the Jewes, onely periury is punyshable.

1598 in R. Pitcairn Criminal Trials Scotl. (1833) II. 56 Quhilk is puniescheable in the cryme of tressoun or laismaiestie.

a1640 P. Massinger City-Madam (1658) i. i. 10 'Tis more punishable in our house Then Scandalum magnatum.

1699 G. Farquhar Love & Bottle i. 6 Is simple Fornication become so great a Crime there, as to be punishable by no less than Banishment?

1766 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. II. xviii. 278 It is not an offence punishable in a criminal way at the common law.

1810 M. Brunton Self-Control III. xxix. 113 A girl should have no secrets from her near relations. Still, to break a seal!—It was punishable by law.

1847 J. R. McCulloch Descr. & Statist. Acct. Brit. Empire (ed. 3) II. v. viii. 637 An attempt was made to repress it, by treating it as a punishable offence.

1909 Daily Chron. 29 Nov. 3/1 If a punishable play is produced, the author and the lessee..should be punished.

1997 Daily Mail 15 Jan. 44/2 From next month, promoting this kind of scheme becomes a criminal offence, punishable by two years in prison.

2003 A. Swofford Jarhead 78 You look too young to have a Combat Action Ribbon, Lance Corporal... You know that's a punishable offense, wearing ribbons you don't rate?

3. Sport. colloquial. That can be capitalized on; that is liable to be taken advantage of. Cf. punish v. 3d.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of play, actions, or postures > [adjective] > other actions or types of play

short1545

standing1728

unpenetrative1795

loose1802

scratched1869

cannonball1872

scratchy1881

punishable1910

wrong-footing1928

open1934

overhead1938

power1959

run-and-gun1960

tight1961

1910 Blackwood's Mag. July 106/2 The punishable [ball] escaped scot-free.

1966 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 17 Dec. 8/3 His 16 boundaries were proof of Hunter's judgment in picking off the rare punishable ball.

1989 Times (Nexis) 2 Apr. Whitton tried a couple of ambitious long-range shots... But the players were understandably anxious to avoid punishable mistakes.

1997 Independent on Sunday (Nexis) 11 May (Sport section) 24 In much of English rugby this season, pressure has been used to force punishable mistakes on the opposition rather than create openings for oneself.

2005 Press Trust India (Nexis) 6 Dec. Dhoni proved his maturity in going for his shots off punishable deliveries.

Derivatives

ˈpunishably adv. in a manner deserving or inviting punishment; to a punishable degree.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > punishment > [adverb] > in a punishable manner

punishably1748

1748 S. Richardson Sel. Lett. (1964) 101 I have made her [sc. Clarissa] punishably Faulty in her treatment of a worthy, tho' not a brilliant Man.

1857 J. Ruskin Polit. Econ. Art ii. 173 The guiltily and punishably poor.

1928 Musical Times 69 1115/1 Every development in the art of music had been thought..morally wrong, and later punishably wrong.

1991 W. Horwood Duncton Tales ii. 13 Moles who did not follow its beliefs were blasphemously wrong. Perhaps punishably so.

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

单词	punishable
释义	punishableadj. Brit. /ˈpʌnᵻʃəbl/, U.S. /ˈpənɪʃəb(ə)l/ Forms: see punish v. and -able suffix; also Scottish pre-1700 puniescheable. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; probably originally modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: punish v., -able suffix. Etymology: < punish v. + -able suffix, probably originally after Anglo-Norman punisable, Anglo-Norman and Middle French, French punissable (end of the 13th cent. or earlier in Anglo-Norman in senses 1 and 2; sense 2 is apparently not paralleled in continental French until the early 16th cent.). 1. Of an offender: liable for or deserving punishment; able or likely to be punished. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > [adjective] > liable to or deserving of punishment guiltyc1380 punishable1429 obnoxious1604 1429 in H. Nicolas Proc. & Ordinances Privy Council (1834) III. 331 (MED) Þaire ordennances..to be obeied under suche peines as shal be þought convenable to be executed..in alle þaim þat disobeye or þat be punysshable. 1530 St. German's Secunde Dyaloge Doctour & Student i. f. iii^v Tenauntes for terme of lyfe..be punysshable of waste by the statute..but at the comen lawe before that statute they were not punysshable. c1600 in Balfour's Practicks (1754) 22 That nane sall be repute as loyall..to our soverane lord, or his authoritie, bot be puneisabill as rebellaris and ganestandaris of the samin, quhilk sall not give thair confessioun [etc.]. 1699 Bp. G. Burnet Expos. 39 Articles (1700) x. 117 No man is accountable, rewardable or punishable, but for that in which he acts freely. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones VI. xvi. ix. 73 I think it is pity they were not punishable by Law. View more context for this quotation 1802 C. James New Mil. Dict. (at cited word) Officers or soldiers convicted of neglect of duty, are punishable at the discretion of a court martial. 1874 H. Sidgwick Methods of Ethics iv. iii. 408 I should be legally punishable if I omitted the act. 1912 Times 30 Oct. 14/7 If the shipowner makes default he is punishable by fine. 1991 Jrnl. Theol. Stud. 42 131 Another parable..serves to demonstrate that God holds the soul alone punishable for sin. 2. Of an offence, action, etc.: deserving of or entailing punishment. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > [adjective] > entailing punishment (of offence) punishable1435 penal1569 disciplinable1647 vengeable1650 subpenal1659 mulctable1678 disciplinary1832 penalized1848 1435 in J. F. South & D. Power Memorials Craft of Surg. (1886) App. 319 (MED) So of dute half an hour is to be abiden, if it be nede, And that is more is of curtesie of [perh. read or] ponyschable. c1475 (c1445) R. Pecock Donet (1921) 94 (MED) Synne is..vnrewardable, punyschable, reprouable, schameful. 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Matt. v. 24 b Wherfore emonge the Jewes, onely periury is punyshable. 1598 in R. Pitcairn Criminal Trials Scotl. (1833) II. 56 Quhilk is puniescheable in the cryme of tressoun or laismaiestie. a1640 P. Massinger City-Madam (1658) i. i. 10 'Tis more punishable in our house Then Scandalum magnatum. 1699 G. Farquhar Love & Bottle i. 6 Is simple Fornication become so great a Crime there, as to be punishable by no less than Banishment? 1766 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. II. xviii. 278 It is not an offence punishable in a criminal way at the common law. 1810 M. Brunton Self-Control III. xxix. 113 A girl should have no secrets from her near relations. Still, to break a seal!—It was punishable by law. 1847 J. R. McCulloch Descr. & Statist. Acct. Brit. Empire (ed. 3) II. v. viii. 637 An attempt was made to repress it, by treating it as a punishable offence. 1909 Daily Chron. 29 Nov. 3/1 If a punishable play is produced, the author and the lessee..should be punished. 1997 Daily Mail 15 Jan. 44/2 From next month, promoting this kind of scheme becomes a criminal offence, punishable by two years in prison. 2003 A. Swofford Jarhead 78 You look too young to have a Combat Action Ribbon, Lance Corporal... You know that's a punishable offense, wearing ribbons you don't rate? 3. Sport. colloquial. That can be capitalized on; that is liable to be taken advantage of. Cf. punish v. 3d. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of play, actions, or postures > [adjective] > other actions or types of play short1545 standing1728 unpenetrative1795 loose1802 scratched1869 cannonball1872 scratchy1881 punishable1910 wrong-footing1928 open1934 overhead1938 power1959 run-and-gun1960 tight1961 1910 Blackwood's Mag. July 106/2 The punishable [ball] escaped scot-free. 1966 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 17 Dec. 8/3 His 16 boundaries were proof of Hunter's judgment in picking off the rare punishable ball. 1989 Times (Nexis) 2 Apr. Whitton tried a couple of ambitious long-range shots... But the players were understandably anxious to avoid punishable mistakes. 1997 Independent on Sunday (Nexis) 11 May (Sport section) 24 In much of English rugby this season, pressure has been used to force punishable mistakes on the opposition rather than create openings for oneself. 2005 Press Trust India (Nexis) 6 Dec. Dhoni proved his maturity in going for his shots off punishable deliveries. Derivatives ˈpunishably adv. in a manner deserving or inviting punishment; to a punishable degree. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > [adverb] > in a punishable manner punishably1748 1748 S. Richardson Sel. Lett. (1964) 101 I have made her [sc. Clarissa] punishably Faulty in her treatment of a worthy, tho' not a brilliant Man. 1857 J. Ruskin Polit. Econ. Art ii. 173 The guiltily and punishably poor. 1928 Musical Times 69 1115/1 Every development in the art of music had been thought..morally wrong, and later punishably wrong. 1991 W. Horwood Duncton Tales ii. 13 Moles who did not follow its beliefs were blasphemously wrong. Perhaps punishably so. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1429
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