remarkableadj.n.adv.

Brit.

/rᵻˈmɑːkəbl/, U.S.

/rəˈmɑrkəb(ə)l/,

/riˈmɑrkəb(ə)l/

Forms: 1500s– remarkable, 1600s remarcable, 1600s remarckable, 1600s remarkeable, 1600s remarkible, 1600s remarquabl, 1600s remarquable, 1600s remarqueable.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; perhaps modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: remark v.¹, -able suffix.

Etymology: < remark v.¹ + -able suffix, perhaps after Middle French, French remarquable likely to attract attention (a1555), worthy of notice (1604). Compare Italian rimarchevole (1553), Spanish remarcable (late 17th cent.), apparently both after French (although the Italian adjective is perhaps first attested slightly earlier).

A. adj.

1. Deserving notice or comment; worthy of remark or attention. Hence: striking, unusual, singular.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [adjective] > worthy of notice

specialc1405

eminentc1420

markablec1449

noteworthy1552

regardable1572

respectable1584

of —— observation1587

considerable1589

of (great, little, etc.) mark1590

signal1591

remarkable1593

conspicuous1604

noble1604

observative1608

observable1609

significant1642

noteful1644

signalized1652

tall1655

curious1682

notice-worthy1713

unco1724

noticeable1793

handsome1813

epoch-forming1816

measurable1839

epochal1857

epoch-making1863

era-making1894

epoch-marking1895

high profile1950

landmark1959

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > state of being noteworthy or remarkable > [adjective]

specialc1325

notablec1390

oddc1400

notary1421

insignec1465

rial1487

noteworthy1552

signal1591

remarkable1593

of note1596

memorated1631

distinguishable1720

nameable1780

markworthy1799

mad1941

pipperoo1945

ring-a-ding1960

pass-remarkable1974

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or extraordinary > [adjective] > special, extraordinary, or unusual

sunderlepeOE

specialc1325

strangec1330

undeemousa1400

outragec1400

singularc1400

stravagant1565

unusual1582

extraordinarya1586

remarkable1593

exordinary1601

peculiar1608

stupendous1640

eccentricala1652

particular1665

out-of-the-way1675

uncommon1705

awfy1724

exceptionable1801

tremendous1831

exceptional1846

exceptive1849

exceptionary1850

spesh1874

heart-stopping1891

off-brand1929

wild1955

cracker1964

1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation 57 Nothing memorable, or remarkable with hm, that feasteth not the riotous appetite of the ribald, or the humorous conceit of the phantast.

1612 J. Selden in M. Drayton Poly-olbion iii. Illustr. 53 The last, and Henry of Huntingdon reckon onely foure remarqueable.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) iv. xvi. 69 The oddes is gone, And there is nothing left remarkeable Beneath the visiting Moone.

1705 J. Addison Remarks Italy 5 The Gulf..is very remarkable for Tempests and Scarcity of Fish.

a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Suppl. to Hist. Own Time (1902) i. 91 I heard him preach, and had an interpreter sit by me that explained the remarkablest passages of his sermon.

1762 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting I. vii. 134 The next is a very remarkable picture on board at Kensington.

1846 T. Carlyle Cromwell II. 117 One of the remarkablest State papers ever published in Ireland.

1880 A. Geikie Elem. Lessons Physical Geogr. (new ed.) iv. 262 The river swells and falls again with remarkable slowness and uniformity.

1933 Discovery Sept. 286/2 He has just written a remarkable book, where the non-specialist will find much of interest.

1972 M. Kline Math. Thought xxvi. 619 The remarkable accuracy of the mathematical deductions, especially in celestial mechanics, were glorious confirmation of the [eighteenth] century's confidence in the mathematical design of the universe.

2002 S. J. Gould Struct. Evolutionary Theory iv. 340 Darwin also developed a remarkable metaphor to summarize his conviction about the relative importance of selection and variation.

†2.

a. Perceptible; admitting of being observed or noted. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > visibility > [adjective]

i-seyenlyeOE

iseneOE

senec1175

seyelyc1225

visiblea1340

seena1398

sighty1398

seeablea1425

spectablec1440

sightfulc1480

sightly1532

appearingc1550

discernable1561

eyely1561

discoverable1572

spectible1581

observable1589

visive1598

aspectable1612

observant1615

perspicable1621

perspiculative1623

remarkable1623

eyeable1633

visory1633

appearable1651

dignoscible1671

discernible1678

traceable1748

noticeable1753

visual1757

distinguishable1762

1623 J. Mede in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. III. 132 The King heard our Comedie on Wednesday, but expressed no remarkable mirth thereat.

1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 82 Then let us suppose in the stead of an Angel, some remarkable body.

a1704 T. Brown Dialogue Oxf. Schollars in Wks. (1707) I. i. 5 A Demure look, and some other Remarkable signs of Grace.

1766 Compl. Farmer at Surveying Draw a remarkable line with ink, or rather with a black-lead pen quite over your paper.

b. Likely to attract attention; conspicuous, noticeable. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > visibility > [adjective] > clearly visible > conspicuous

superapparent?a1475

apparent?1541

conspicuous1545

extant1566

conspicable1579

perspicuous1586

kenspeck1590

public1598

prominent1628

eye-taking1635

bold1678

kenspeckle1714

remarkable1726

telegraphic1809

supersalient1843

blatant1889

1726 G. Shelvocke Voy. round World iii. 97 I sent the pinnace ashore with a bill..to be fixed on the door of some remarkable Indian house.

1750 C. Smith Antient & Present State Cork II. iii. iii. 53 Being remarkable by a yellow doublet, he was shot in the breast.

1801 C. Smith Lett. Solitary Wanderer II. 212 On the stranger's observing to her that their conference was becoming remarkable.

B. n.

A noteworthy thing or circumstance; something extraordinary or exceptional. Chiefly in plural.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [noun] > that which is important > worthy of notice

notabilityc1390

notables1484

bumming sound1598

grandee1622

observable1639

remarkable1639

observanda1663

remark1675

observation1736

crowning glory1780

attentiona1806

notabilia1849

day1918

one for the (end) books (also book)1922

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > state of being noteworthy or remarkable > [noun] > thing or person

notables1484

remarkable1639

rouser1824

personality1848

notabilia1849

lulu1886

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or extraordinary > [noun] > a special thing > an) extraordinary thing(s)

singularity1576

extraordinary1589

remarkable1639

extraordinary1650

something else1844

cough drop1851

quite something1909

1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre ii. xlvi. 106 Jerusalem wonne by the Turk, with wofull remarkables thereat.

1662 H. More Antidote against Atheism (ed. 3) ii. xi. 77 in Coll. Philos. Writings (ed. 2) The other Remarkable, and it is a notorious one, is the Cavity on the back of the Male.

1679 R. Mansell Exact & True Narr. Late Popish Intrigue 102 I was willing to adde a few Remarkables, which I..purposely reserved for this place.

1741 S. Richardson Pamela IV. l. 314 The Places and Remarkables you will see, will be new only to yourself.

1776 J. Adams Wks. (1854) IX. 395 Be so good as to write me any remarkables in the legislature or the courts of justice.

1817 W. Scott Let. 17 Mar. (1933) IV. 408 Two remarkables struck me in my illness.

1856 N. Hawthorne Jrnl. 31 Aug. in Eng. Notebks. (1997) II. v. 113 After lunch, we set forth..to see the remarkables of Oxford.

1946 Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch 15 Jan. 10/2 (heading) Religious remarkables.

1986 M. D. Baccus in H. Garfinkel Ethnomethodol. Stud. Work ii. 40 It is these things which, when omitted, given that they form the official remarkables of the object, are potential trouble spots if they are omitted.

1990 Amer. Lit. Hist. 2 198 In such ‘remarkables’ or wonders, then, lies the same significance that anyone can see in the dozens of biographies in Mather's ecclesiastical history of New England: variety within uniformity.

C. adv.

= remarkably adv. 1a, 1c. Now nonstandard.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or extraordinary > [adverb] > exceptionally

outnumenlyc1175

outnumenc1225

rarely1581

notedlya1616

remarkably1615

extraordinary1632

remarkable1782

awesomea1835

undeemously1846

exceptionally1848

noteworthily1864

1782 Smollett's Adventures Sir Launcelot Greaves (new ed.) I. iii. 13/1 The young squire..looked remarkable well in his weepers.

1793 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. IX. iii. 29 They are not large, but remarkable well shaped, well haired, and hardy.

1818 W. Sewall Diary 13 Mar. (1930) 39/1 The scholars appeared remarkable well.

1871 E. Eggleston Hoosier School-master iv. 39 He uses sech remarkable smart words.

1890 R. Kipling Barrack-room Ballads (1892) 8 We aren't no thin red 'eroes..But single men in barricks, most remarkable like you.

1935 A. E. Coppard P. Oliver 87 But that boy acted very remarkable well.

2004 M. Lazaroff Compl. Idiot's Guide Anat. & Physiol. vii. xxiii. 373 Despite gender differences, the methods are remarkable similar, for they both involve cutting the tubes that transport the gametes.

Compounds

remarkable-looking adj.

ΚΠ

1814 Times 19 Dec. 3/5 Prisoner is a very remarkable looking man.

1926 S. T. Warner Lolly Willowes i. 25 Strangers thought her remarkable-looking, but got no further, and those more accustomed thought her plain.

2002 OC Metro (Orange County) 27 June 92/4 A remarkable-looking film, full of wide-eyed, water-colored figures and billowy pastilled clouds.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	remarkable
释义	remarkableadj.n.adv. Brit. /rᵻˈmɑːkəbl/, U.S. /rəˈmɑrkəb(ə)l/, /riˈmɑrkəb(ə)l/ Forms: 1500s– remarkable, 1600s remarcable, 1600s remarckable, 1600s remarkeable, 1600s remarkible, 1600s remarquabl, 1600s remarquable, 1600s remarqueable. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; perhaps modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: remark v.¹, -able suffix. Etymology: < remark v.¹ + -able suffix, perhaps after Middle French, French remarquable likely to attract attention (a1555), worthy of notice (1604). Compare Italian rimarchevole (1553), Spanish remarcable (late 17th cent.), apparently both after French (although the Italian adjective is perhaps first attested slightly earlier). A. adj. 1. Deserving notice or comment; worthy of remark or attention. Hence: striking, unusual, singular. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [adjective] > worthy of notice specialc1405 eminentc1420 markablec1449 noteworthy1552 regardable1572 respectable1584 of —— observation1587 considerable1589 of (great, little, etc.) mark1590 signal1591 remarkable1593 conspicuous1604 noble1604 observative1608 observable1609 significant1642 noteful1644 signalized1652 tall1655 curious1682 notice-worthy1713 unco1724 noticeable1793 handsome1813 epoch-forming1816 measurable1839 epochal1857 epoch-making1863 era-making1894 epoch-marking1895 high profile1950 landmark1959 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > state of being noteworthy or remarkable > [adjective] specialc1325 notablec1390 oddc1400 notary1421 insignec1465 rial1487 noteworthy1552 signal1591 signal1591 remarkable1593 of note1596 memorated1631 distinguishable1720 nameable1780 markworthy1799 mad1941 pipperoo1945 ring-a-ding1960 pass-remarkable1974 the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or extraordinary > [adjective] > special, extraordinary, or unusual sunderlepeOE specialc1325 strangec1330 undeemousa1400 outragec1400 singularc1400 stravagant1565 unusual1582 extraordinarya1586 remarkable1593 exordinary1601 peculiar1608 stupendous1640 eccentricala1652 particular1665 out-of-the-way1675 uncommon1705 awfy1724 exceptionable1801 tremendous1831 exceptional1846 exceptive1849 exceptionary1850 spesh1874 heart-stopping1891 off-brand1929 wild1955 cracker1964 1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation 57 Nothing memorable, or remarkable with hm, that feasteth not the riotous appetite of the ribald, or the humorous conceit of the phantast. 1612 J. Selden in M. Drayton Poly-olbion iii. Illustr. 53 The last, and Henry of Huntingdon reckon onely foure remarqueable. a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) iv. xvi. 69 The oddes is gone, And there is nothing left remarkeable Beneath the visiting Moone. View more context for this quotation 1705 J. Addison Remarks Italy 5 The Gulf..is very remarkable for Tempests and Scarcity of Fish. a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Suppl. to Hist. Own Time (1902) i. 91 I heard him preach, and had an interpreter sit by me that explained the remarkablest passages of his sermon. 1762 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting I. vii. 134 The next is a very remarkable picture on board at Kensington. 1846 T. Carlyle Cromwell II. 117 One of the remarkablest State papers ever published in Ireland. 1880 A. Geikie Elem. Lessons Physical Geogr. (new ed.) iv. 262 The river swells and falls again with remarkable slowness and uniformity. 1933 Discovery Sept. 286/2 He has just written a remarkable book, where the non-specialist will find much of interest. 1972 M. Kline Math. Thought xxvi. 619 The remarkable accuracy of the mathematical deductions, especially in celestial mechanics, were glorious confirmation of the [eighteenth] century's confidence in the mathematical design of the universe. 2002 S. J. Gould Struct. Evolutionary Theory iv. 340 Darwin also developed a remarkable metaphor to summarize his conviction about the relative importance of selection and variation. †2. a. Perceptible; admitting of being observed or noted. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > visibility > [adjective] i-seyenlyeOE iseneOE senec1175 seyelyc1225 visiblea1340 seena1398 sighty1398 seeablea1425 spectablec1440 sightfulc1480 sightly1532 appearingc1550 discernable1561 eyely1561 discoverable1572 spectible1581 observable1589 visive1598 aspectable1612 observant1615 perspicable1621 perspiculative1623 remarkable1623 eyeable1633 visory1633 appearable1651 dignoscible1671 discernible1678 traceable1748 noticeable1753 visual1757 distinguishable1762 1623 J. Mede in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. III. 132 The King heard our Comedie on Wednesday, but expressed no remarkable mirth thereat. 1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 82 Then let us suppose in the stead of an Angel, some remarkable body. a1704 T. Brown Dialogue Oxf. Schollars in Wks. (1707) I. i. 5 A Demure look, and some other Remarkable signs of Grace. 1766 Compl. Farmer at Surveying Draw a remarkable line with ink, or rather with a black-lead pen quite over your paper. b. Likely to attract attention; conspicuous, noticeable. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > visibility > [adjective] > clearly visible > conspicuous superapparent?a1475 apparent?1541 conspicuous1545 extant1566 conspicable1579 perspicuous1586 kenspeck1590 public1598 prominent1628 eye-taking1635 bold1678 kenspeckle1714 remarkable1726 telegraphic1809 supersalient1843 blatant1889 1726 G. Shelvocke Voy. round World iii. 97 I sent the pinnace ashore with a bill..to be fixed on the door of some remarkable Indian house. 1750 C. Smith Antient & Present State Cork II. iii. iii. 53 Being remarkable by a yellow doublet, he was shot in the breast. 1801 C. Smith Lett. Solitary Wanderer II. 212 On the stranger's observing to her that their conference was becoming remarkable. B. n. A noteworthy thing or circumstance; something extraordinary or exceptional. Chiefly in plural. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [noun] > that which is important > worthy of notice notabilityc1390 notables1484 bumming sound1598 grandee1622 observable1639 remarkable1639 observanda1663 remark1675 observation1736 crowning glory1780 attentiona1806 notabilia1849 day1918 one for the (end) books (also book)1922 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > state of being noteworthy or remarkable > [noun] > thing or person notables1484 remarkable1639 rouser1824 personality1848 notabilia1849 lulu1886 the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or extraordinary > [noun] > a special thing > an) extraordinary thing(s) singularity1576 extraordinary1589 remarkable1639 extraordinary1650 something else1844 cough drop1851 quite something1909 1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre ii. xlvi. 106 Jerusalem wonne by the Turk, with wofull remarkables thereat. 1662 H. More Antidote against Atheism (ed. 3) ii. xi. 77 in Coll. Philos. Writings (ed. 2) The other Remarkable, and it is a notorious one, is the Cavity on the back of the Male. 1679 R. Mansell Exact & True Narr. Late Popish Intrigue 102 I was willing to adde a few Remarkables, which I..purposely reserved for this place. 1741 S. Richardson Pamela IV. l. 314 The Places and Remarkables you will see, will be new only to yourself. 1776 J. Adams Wks. (1854) IX. 395 Be so good as to write me any remarkables in the legislature or the courts of justice. 1817 W. Scott Let. 17 Mar. (1933) IV. 408 Two remarkables struck me in my illness. 1856 N. Hawthorne Jrnl. 31 Aug. in Eng. Notebks. (1997) II. v. 113 After lunch, we set forth..to see the remarkables of Oxford. 1946 Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch 15 Jan. 10/2 (heading) Religious remarkables. 1986 M. D. Baccus in H. Garfinkel Ethnomethodol. Stud. Work ii. 40 It is these things which, when omitted, given that they form the official remarkables of the object, are potential trouble spots if they are omitted. 1990 Amer. Lit. Hist. 2 198 In such ‘remarkables’ or wonders, then, lies the same significance that anyone can see in the dozens of biographies in Mather's ecclesiastical history of New England: variety within uniformity. C. adv. = remarkably adv. 1a, 1c. Now nonstandard. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or extraordinary > [adverb] > exceptionally outnumenlyc1175 outnumenc1225 rarely1581 notedlya1616 remarkably1615 extraordinary1632 remarkable1782 awesomea1835 undeemously1846 exceptionally1848 noteworthily1864 1782 Smollett's Adventures Sir Launcelot Greaves (new ed.) I. iii. 13/1 The young squire..looked remarkable well in his weepers. 1793 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. IX. iii. 29 They are not large, but remarkable well shaped, well haired, and hardy. 1818 W. Sewall Diary 13 Mar. (1930) 39/1 The scholars appeared remarkable well. 1871 E. Eggleston Hoosier School-master iv. 39 He uses sech remarkable smart words. 1890 R. Kipling Barrack-room Ballads (1892) 8 We aren't no thin red 'eroes..But single men in barricks, most remarkable like you. 1935 A. E. Coppard P. Oliver 87 But that boy acted very remarkable well. 2004 M. Lazaroff Compl. Idiot's Guide Anat. & Physiol. vii. xxiii. 373 Despite gender differences, the methods are remarkable similar, for they both involve cutting the tubes that transport the gametes. Compounds remarkable-looking adj. ΚΠ 1814 Times 19 Dec. 3/5 Prisoner is a very remarkable looking man. 1926 S. T. Warner Lolly Willowes i. 25 Strangers thought her remarkable-looking, but got no further, and those more accustomed thought her plain. 2002 OC Metro (Orange County) 27 June 92/4 A remarkable-looking film, full of wide-eyed, water-colored figures and billowy pastilled clouds. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.adv.1593
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