reputableadj.

Brit.

/ˈrɛpjᵿtəbl/, U.S.

/ˈrɛpjədəb(ə)l/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: repute v., -able suffix.

Etymology: < repute v. + -able suffix. Compare post-classical Latin reputabilis of good repute (c1250 in a British source), Middle French reputable celebrated, famous (15th cent.). Compare disreputable adj.

†1. Capable of being regarded or taken into account. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

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

1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. vii. xliii. 373/1 Disauowing Prince Edward as illegitimate, and therefore not reputable for succession.

2. Having a good reputation; of good repute; estimable, honoured, respectable.

a. Of an act, circumstance, type of employment, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > good repute > reputability or honourableness > [adjective] > specifically of things or actions

worthyc1300

honest1340

honourablea1393

laureate1535

reputable1659

creditable1740

defamelessa1814

smutchless1853

1659 R. Baxter Key for Catholicks i. xxxix. 289 You will not sure for shame say, that God so put away, e.g. Davids Adultery, as to make it reputable as a vertue, or not a vice.

1674 Govt. Tongue 206 Faults..exemplified to us in common practice, (nay some of them as reputable and ingenious).

1699 R. Bentley Diss. Epist. Phalaris (new ed.) Pref. p. xxix His Imployment, as a Bookseller, I think a very reputable one, if He himself be not a Disgrace to't.

1741 S. Richardson Pamela III. xxxvii. 365 To find..that you would have been led beyond what was reputable.

1825 C. Lamb in London Mag. Apr. 512 The parents of Barbara had been in reputable circumstances.

1878 R. Simpson School of Shakspere I. 109 To reveal matters in which his share had not been very reputable.

1903 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. July 29/1 Smith alone, having saved, by care in picory, some moneys,..adventured to regain a more reputable way of living.

1953 Jrnl. Criminal Law, Criminol. & Police Sci. 43 589 The institution that enables young ‘tough guys’ without a steady job to become decent citizens and journeymen of a reputable trade.

1994 D. S. L. Cardwell Fontana Hist. Tech. iii. 67 Divining was, in fact is, an ancient and reputable, or at least harmless, art.

b. Of a person, group of persons, company, institution, etc. Also of a person's character.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > good repute > reputability or honourableness > [adjective]

faireOE

wortheOE

worthlyeOE

worthfulOE

menskful?c1225

toldc1275

digne1297

of price?a1300

worshiply1340

worthya1350

menska1375

thriftyc1374

worshipfula1375

worthilya1375

honesta1382

honourablec1384

unshamedc1384

sada1387

of reputationc1390

well-nameda1393

reverent1398

worthy (worshipful, wise) in wanea1400

celebrable?c1400

honouredc1400

worshipablec1425

substantialc1449

undefameda1450

unreviled?1457

honorousa1500

reputed?1532

well-thought-ona1533

well-spoken1539

credible1543

undespised?1548

imitable1550

famous1555

undistained1565

undefame1578

untarred1579

well-reputed1583

unsoiledc1592

dishonourless1595

well-deemed1595

nameworthy1598

regardful1600

indisgraced1606

credenta1616

undishonoureda1616

unscandalized1618

unscandalous1618

unslandered1622

untainted1627

dignousa1636

undisparaged1636

considerable1641

unbranded1641

glorifiable1651

reputable1671

unsullied1743

unstigmatized1778

undisgraced1812

unstained1863

well-thought-of1865

uncompromised1882

scandal-proof1904

cred1987

1671 R. Head & F. Kirkman Eng. Rogue III. v. 66 Thou seest, said he, the more serious, and reputable sort of People, shun our House, as if old Beelzebub were there sitting abrood.

1692 tr. C. de Saint-Évremond Misc. Ess. 34 If so be, the reputable Men of the latter time, had existed in that of Fabricius [etc.].

1728 J. Morgan Compl. Hist. Algiers I. i. 212 Rakik, the most reputable of all the African Chronologists.

1770 D. Hume Hist. Great Brit. (new ed.) III. 203 The jury were men of fair and reputable characters.

1791 A. Radcliffe Romance of Forest I. iii. 88 A chevalier of reputable family, but of small fortune.

1837 J. D. Lang Hist. Acct. New S. Wales I. 172 A grant of land belonging to a reputable Scotchman.

1858 W. Greener Gunnery in 1858 330 Certain men who set themselves up for reputable gunmakers.

1882 Cent. Mag. Jan. 468/2 The vulgar and sweeping piracy of the lowest rank of book-venders partially shifted the interest of the reputable houses to the right side of the scale.

1905 J. Huneker Visionaries xviii. 313 Baki and his daughter were not highly regarded by reputable citizens,..though the street people followed their music.

1978 J. Lees-Milne Diary 15 Oct. in Through Wood & Dale (2001) 287 I asked if it was sheer bloody-mindedness on the part of the strikers, intending to destroy the reputable daily papers.

1989 Horticulture Oct. 47/1 Look for a reputable local or mail-order nursery that..certifies that it is free of viruses, nematodes, and other diseases.

2005 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 30 July (Life section) 4/3 Collecting the dry-cleaning, nailing a reputable tradesman, getting quotes for an insurance claim, [etc.].

Derivatives

ˈreputableness n. the quality of being of good repute.

ΚΠ

1710 W. Hume Sacred Succession 382 So that what People..agree upon and determine..shall, respecting Reputableness or Disreputableness, have a very commanding Force.

1848 Amer. Phrenol. Jrnl. & Misc. 10 216 How supremely ridiculous the idea, presupposed by fashion, that the mere form of the dress can add one iota to the reputableness of the wearer.

1913 Amer. Hist. Rev. 19 65 On both sides the methods of conducting the war were of questionable reputableness.

1997 K. O. Morgan Callaghan xxvi. 637 These intelligences, of varying degrees of reputableness, were largely tending to sway the Prime Minister's mind in favour of staying on.

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

单词	reputable
释义	reputableadj. Brit. /ˈrɛpjᵿtəbl/, U.S. /ˈrɛpjədəb(ə)l/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: repute v., -able suffix. Etymology: < repute v. + -able suffix. Compare post-classical Latin reputabilis of good repute (c1250 in a British source), Middle French reputable celebrated, famous (15th cent.). Compare disreputable adj. †1. Capable of being regarded or taken into account. Obsolete. rare. 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Speed Hist. Great Brit. vii. xliii. 373/1 Disauowing Prince Edward as illegitimate, and therefore not reputable for succession. 2. Having a good reputation; of good repute; estimable, honoured, respectable. a. Of an act, circumstance, type of employment, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > good repute > reputability or honourableness > [adjective] > specifically of things or actions worthyc1300 honest1340 honourablea1393 laureate1535 reputable1659 creditable1740 defamelessa1814 smutchless1853 1659 R. Baxter Key for Catholicks i. xxxix. 289 You will not sure for shame say, that God so put away, e.g. Davids Adultery, as to make it reputable as a vertue, or not a vice. 1674 Govt. Tongue 206 Faults..exemplified to us in common practice, (nay some of them as reputable and ingenious). 1699 R. Bentley Diss. Epist. Phalaris (new ed.) Pref. p. xxix His Imployment, as a Bookseller, I think a very reputable one, if He himself be not a Disgrace to't. 1741 S. Richardson Pamela III. xxxvii. 365 To find..that you would have been led beyond what was reputable. 1825 C. Lamb in London Mag. Apr. 512 The parents of Barbara had been in reputable circumstances. 1878 R. Simpson School of Shakspere I. 109 To reveal matters in which his share had not been very reputable. 1903 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. July 29/1 Smith alone, having saved, by care in picory, some moneys,..adventured to regain a more reputable way of living. 1953 Jrnl. Criminal Law, Criminol. & Police Sci. 43 589 The institution that enables young ‘tough guys’ without a steady job to become decent citizens and journeymen of a reputable trade. 1994 D. S. L. Cardwell Fontana Hist. Tech. iii. 67 Divining was, in fact is, an ancient and reputable, or at least harmless, art. b. Of a person, group of persons, company, institution, etc. Also of a person's character. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > good repute > reputability or honourableness > [adjective] faireOE wortheOE worthlyeOE worthfulOE menskful?c1225 toldc1275 digne1297 of price?a1300 worshiply1340 worthya1350 menska1375 thriftyc1374 worshipfula1375 worthilya1375 honesta1382 honourablec1384 unshamedc1384 sada1387 of reputationc1390 well-nameda1393 reverent1398 worthy (worshipful, wise) in wanea1400 celebrable?c1400 honouredc1400 worshipablec1425 substantialc1449 undefameda1450 unreviled?1457 honorousa1500 reputed?1532 well-thought-ona1533 well-spoken1539 credible1543 undespised?1548 imitable1550 famous1555 undistained1565 undefame1578 untarred1579 well-reputed1583 unsoiledc1592 dishonourless1595 well-deemed1595 nameworthy1598 regardful1600 indisgraced1606 credenta1616 undishonoureda1616 unscandalized1618 unscandalous1618 unslandered1622 untainted1627 dignousa1636 undisparaged1636 considerable1641 unbranded1641 glorifiable1651 reputable1671 unsullied1743 unstigmatized1778 undisgraced1812 unstained1863 well-thought-of1865 uncompromised1882 scandal-proof1904 cred1987 1671 R. Head & F. Kirkman Eng. Rogue III. v. 66 Thou seest, said he, the more serious, and reputable sort of People, shun our House, as if old Beelzebub were there sitting abrood. 1692 tr. C. de Saint-Évremond Misc. Ess. 34 If so be, the reputable Men of the latter time, had existed in that of Fabricius [etc.]. 1728 J. Morgan Compl. Hist. Algiers I. i. 212 Rakik, the most reputable of all the African Chronologists. 1770 D. Hume Hist. Great Brit. (new ed.) III. 203 The jury were men of fair and reputable characters. 1791 A. Radcliffe Romance of Forest I. iii. 88 A chevalier of reputable family, but of small fortune. 1837 J. D. Lang Hist. Acct. New S. Wales I. 172 A grant of land belonging to a reputable Scotchman. 1858 W. Greener Gunnery in 1858 330 Certain men who set themselves up for reputable gunmakers. 1882 Cent. Mag. Jan. 468/2 The vulgar and sweeping piracy of the lowest rank of book-venders partially shifted the interest of the reputable houses to the right side of the scale. 1905 J. Huneker Visionaries xviii. 313 Baki and his daughter were not highly regarded by reputable citizens,..though the street people followed their music. 1978 J. Lees-Milne Diary 15 Oct. in Through Wood & Dale (2001) 287 I asked if it was sheer bloody-mindedness on the part of the strikers, intending to destroy the reputable daily papers. 1989 Horticulture Oct. 47/1 Look for a reputable local or mail-order nursery that..certifies that it is free of viruses, nematodes, and other diseases. 2005 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 30 July (Life section) 4/3 Collecting the dry-cleaning, nailing a reputable tradesman, getting quotes for an insurance claim, [etc.]. Derivatives ˈreputableness n. the quality of being of good repute. ΚΠ 1710 W. Hume Sacred Succession 382 So that what People..agree upon and determine..shall, respecting Reputableness or Disreputableness, have a very commanding Force. 1848 Amer. Phrenol. Jrnl. & Misc. 10 216 How supremely ridiculous the idea, presupposed by fashion, that the mere form of the dress can add one iota to the reputableness of the wearer. 1913 Amer. Hist. Rev. 19 65 On both sides the methods of conducting the war were of questionable reputableness. 1997 K. O. Morgan Callaghan xxvi. 637 These intelligences, of varying degrees of reputableness, were largely tending to sway the Prime Minister's mind in favour of staying on. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1611
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