† smittableadj.

Forms: see smit v. and -able suffix.

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

Etymology: < smit v. + -able suffix.

Scottish. Obsolete.

Capable of being infected. In later use: infectious.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > production of disease > [adjective] > infectious > capable of being infected

smittable1487

infectable1860

1487 Thewis Gud Women (St. John's Cambr.) l. 227 in R. Girvan Ratis Raving & Other Early Scots Poems (1939) 95 It savis þame mony a tym fra Ill; for foull women ar sa smytabill [a1500 Cambr. Kk.1.5 smytabile], and till all vikit wycis abill.

1852 E. Thomson in J. A. Giles et al. tr. King Ælfred Whole Wks. II. v. 237 (note) In Scotland ‘smit’ is infect, ‘smittable’ infectious.

1895 Pall Mall Mag. Aug. 599 Whatna trouble did ye say the laddie had on him? Is't smittable, think ye?

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	smittable
释义	† smittableadj. Forms: see smit v. and -able suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: smit v., -able suffix. Etymology: < smit v. + -able suffix. Scottish. Obsolete. Capable of being infected. In later use: infectious. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > production of disease > [adjective] > infectious > capable of being infected smittable1487 infectable1860 1487 Thewis Gud Women (St. John's Cambr.) l. 227 in R. Girvan Ratis Raving & Other Early Scots Poems (1939) 95 It savis þame mony a tym fra Ill; for foull women ar sa smytabill [a1500 Cambr. Kk.1.5 smytabile], and till all vikit wycis abill. 1852 E. Thomson in J. A. Giles et al. tr. King Ælfred Whole Wks. II. v. 237 (note) In Scotland ‘smit’ is infect, ‘smittable’ infectious. 1895 Pall Mall Mag. Aug. 599 Whatna trouble did ye say the laddie had on him? Is't smittable, think ye? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < adj.1487
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