showableadj.
/ˈʃəʊəbl/, U.S. /ˈʃoʊəb(ə)l/ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > testing > proof, demonstration > [adjective]
demonstrativec1405
showablea1500
declarativea1536
showing1552
probatory1593
convictive1634
verifying1634
evincing1641
demonstrating1648
endeictic1656
probative1678
substantiative1794
proving1824
demonstrational1833
verificatory1834
verificative1860
a1500 (?a1425) tr. Secreta Secret. (Lamb.) 96 And þanne comes to him a strengh shewable, or Philosophable, þat byholdys shappys vndirstandable.
a1500 (?a1425) tr. Secreta Secret. (Lamb.) 103 Þat he be knowynge..in arsmetyk, þat is ful soth and shewable.
2. Capable of being proved; demonstrable. Now somewhat rare.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > testing > proof, demonstration > [adjective] > capable of being proved
provably1395
provablea1425
monstrablec1429
probable1485
demonstrable1551
justifiable1580
averrable1588
verifiable1593
ostentative1601
remonstrable1604
affirmable1611
demonstrative1612
showablea1617
deducible1617
declarable1646
evidenceable1660
evincible1761
demonstratable1814
establishable1918
a1617 S. Hieron Penance for Sinne in Wks. (1620) II. 103 This..is shewable by Scripture.
a1678 A. Woodhead Anc. Church Govt., Pt. III (1736) ii. vi. 47 Tho' an Apostolick Tradition could not be proved to be so, whenever not shewable in the Writings of the three first Centuries; yet, on the other Side, that its not being expressed in those Writings, will not prove it to be no Tradition Apostolick.
1868 E. C. Tainsh Stud. Wks. Tennyson vii. 122 The sinfulness of suicide is out of the question—that is not showable except on Christian grounds.
1912 Rep. Supreme Court Kansas (ed. 2) 20 40 Case-made and matters showable by extrinsic evidence on review.
1959 Proc. Aristotelian Soc., Suppl. Vol. 33 42 It is showable that the supposition that p leads to absurdity.
3. That can be shown or presented to view; esp. fit to be seen, presentable; (also) of a standard suitable for entering in a competitive show.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > manifestation > showing to the sight > [adjective] > shown > able to be
ostensible1734
showable1813
exhibitablea1834
1813 F. Burney Let. 15 July (1978) VII. 157 It was most fortunate that bit was shewable, for it gave propriety to the Measure.
1838 Princess Elizabeth Let. 4 Sept. (1898) 347 I have so bad a swelled face I am not shewable.
1883 Garden 3 Feb. 111/2 Of these [flowers] the first three alone are showable in an open class.
1944 Billboard 13 May 33/4 The show personnel..worked for three days to get the grounds showable.
1972 Jrnl. Aesthetics & Art Crit. 31 238/2 The most relevant sort of depth about persons, showable in painting, is something about character traits.
2011 Philadelphia Inquirer (Nexis) 24 Jan. c1 Suggestions to make the house more showable.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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