purveyableadj.

Brit.

/pəˈveɪəbl/,

/pəːˈveɪəbl/, U.S.

/pərˈveɪəbl/

Forms: see purvey v. and -able suffix.

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

Etymology: < purvey v. + -able suffix, in sense 1 perhaps after Anglo-Norman purveable foreseeing (early 12th cent.); compare Middle French pourveable prudent (15th cent. in a late manuscript of an early 14th-cent. Old French text). Compare proviable adj.

rare.

†1. Provident, foreseeing, prudent. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > provident foresight, prudence > [adjective]

purveyable?a1425

pensivec1425

providenta1450

provide?a1475

purveyanta1500

prospective1581

prospecting1602

provisional1603

providentiala1646

provisionary1647

prospicient1654

provisive1677

forethoughtful1809

far-seeing1837

provisory1843

?a1425 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. iii. met. ii. 5 How that Nature..flytteth the governementz of thynges, and by whiche lawes sche, purveiable [L. prouida], kepith the grete world.

2. That may be purveyed or supplied.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > acquisition > [adjective] > obtained or acquired > able to be

procurablec1449

purveyable1542

gettable1553

extant1555

parable1563

acquirable1606

gainable1611

purchasable1611

obtainablea1617

acquisitive1629

haveable1639

producible1640

come-at-able?1685

derivablea1711

attainable1712

embraceable1841

graspable1868

securable1876

1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes ii. xi. 286 ^v And so, the physician abandoned, he tooke hym to meates purueiable.

1872 Atlantic Monthly Nov. 627/2 We have thus a concentrated essence of Dickens,—a sort of intellectual Liebig Extract,—very compact, very portable, and very readily purveyable, when diluted with conversation, to travellers or invalids.

1987 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) (Nexis) 9 May Truman became ‘bankable’ in a Hollywood sense and his signature took on the character of a property and purveyable commodity.

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

单词	purveyable
释义	purveyableadj. Brit. /pəˈveɪəbl/, /pəːˈveɪəbl/, U.S. /pərˈveɪəbl/ Forms: see purvey v. and -able suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; perhaps partly modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: purvey v., -able suffix. Etymology: < purvey v. + -able suffix, in sense 1 perhaps after Anglo-Norman purveable foreseeing (early 12th cent.); compare Middle French pourveable prudent (15th cent. in a late manuscript of an early 14th-cent. Old French text). Compare proviable adj. rare. †1. Provident, foreseeing, prudent. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > provident foresight, prudence > [adjective] purveyable?a1425 pensivec1425 providenta1450 provide?a1475 purveyanta1500 prospective1581 prospecting1602 provisional1603 providentiala1646 provisionary1647 prospicient1654 provisive1677 forethoughtful1809 far-seeing1837 provisory1843 ?a1425 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. iii. met. ii. 5 How that Nature..flytteth the governementz of thynges, and by whiche lawes sche, purveiable [L. prouida], kepith the grete world. 2. That may be purveyed or supplied. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > acquisition > [adjective] > obtained or acquired > able to be procurablec1449 purveyable1542 gettable1553 extant1555 parable1563 acquirable1606 gainable1611 purchasable1611 obtainablea1617 acquisitive1629 haveable1639 producible1640 come-at-able?1685 derivablea1711 attainable1712 embraceable1841 graspable1868 securable1876 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes ii. xi. 286 ^v And so, the physician abandoned, he tooke hym to meates purueiable. 1872 Atlantic Monthly Nov. 627/2 We have thus a concentrated essence of Dickens,—a sort of intellectual Liebig Extract,—very compact, very portable, and very readily purveyable, when diluted with conversation, to travellers or invalids. 1987 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) (Nexis) 9 May Truman became ‘bankable’ in a Hollywood sense and his signature took on the character of a property and purveyable commodity. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.?a1425
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