sufferableadj.

/ˈsʌfərəb(ə)l/

Forms: Middle English suffrabil, suffreable, subferabylle, Middle English–1500s suffrable, Middle English souffrable, suffyrabyl, sufferabylle, suffurable, 1500s sufferabil, Scottish suffrabile, Middle English– sufferable.

Etymology: < Old French suffrable = Italian sofferevole , < medieval Latin sufferābilis , < sufferre to suffer v. Subsequently modified in form by assimilation to suffer v.A Latin type *sufferibilis is represented by Italian soffribile, Spanish sufrible, Portuguese sof(f)rivel.

Obsolete exc. archaic.

†1.

a. Patient, long-suffering. Also const. of: Willing to submit to. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > calmness > patience > [adjective] > long-suffering

longmoodeOE

sufferable1303

sufferantc1330

sufferinga1340

long1483

long-willeda1500

long-enduring1527

long-suffering1535

long-minded1618

longanimous1620

Indian1737

enduring1816–7

endurant1866

1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 8641 Þey ogh to be suffrable and meke, And no foly on ouþer men seke.

c1386 G. Chaucer Wife of Bath's Prol. 442 Oon of vs two moste bowen doutelees, And sith a man is moore resonable Than womman is, ye moste been suffrable.

c1412 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum 2934 Of swich writyng be of right suffrable.

c1412 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum 4423 Thogh he to venge hym tarie, & be suffrable.

1568 E. Tilney Brief Disc. Mariage (new ed.) sig. Cij^v Sufferable in the importunities of his wyfe.

1577 R. Stanyhurst Treat. Descr. Irelande viii. f. 28/1, in R. Holinshed Chron. I The [Irish] people are thus enclined, religious, franke, amorous, irefull, sufferable of infinite paynes, very glorious.

1612 J. Speed Theatre of Empire of Great Brit. iii. i. 132/2 They rather liue rudely..and with a sufferable ease, ignorant of ambition, enioy those contentments.

†b. Capable of endurance. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > bodily constitution > bodily strength > [adjective] > capable of endurance

sufferable1481

indurate1555

1481 W. Caxton tr. Siege & Conqueste Jerusalem (1893) cxlix. 221 He toke with hym a lytil companye of them that were moost suffrable.

2. That can be ‘suffered’ or put up with; bearable, tolerable, endurable. Also, tolerably good.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > quality of being satisfactory > [adjective]

wellOE

sufferablea1340

worthy1340

sufficient1489

paregala1500

competent1535

something like?1556

right1567

sweet1577

fairish1611

all right1652

fair1656

comfortable1658

decent1711

respectable1750

unrepulsive1787

decentisha1814

fair-to-middling1822

fine1828

christena1838

OK1839

tidy1844

not (or none) so dusty?1856

sweet1898

oke1928

okey-doke1934

okey-dokey1936

tickety-boo1939

cool1951

aight1993

the mind > emotion > suffering > [adjective] > sufferable

sufferablea1340

supportablec1450

sustenable?1473

tolerablea1500

patible1623

bearable1656

endurable1800

a1340 R. Rolle Psalter cvi. 29 Þe persecuciouns he tempird and made þaim suffrabil.

1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Matt. x. 15 It shall be more suffreable to the lond of men of Sodom and Gomor in the day of iugement, than to that citee.

c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1905) II. 345 It was mor suffrable vnto hur, þe sorow of dead, þan was þe mirthe of life.

1483 Cath. Angl. 371/1 Subferabylle, tollerabilis.

1493 Dives & Pauper (W. de W.) vii. v. 281/1 The lordshyp of this worlde is sufferable & worshypfull.

1574 T. Newton tr. G. Gratarolo Direct. Health Magistrates & Studentes 35 Let us touche suche sortes of fyshes as are best and most sufferable.

1578 T. Tymme tr. J. Calvin Comm. Genesis 94 The more sufferable..that the Commandment of God was the less tolerable was their Crookedness in refusing to obey.

1654 T. Gataker Disc. Apol. 84 Manie Anabaptists..are more justifiable before God, and more sufferable with man, then Presbyterians and strict Calvinists.

1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World i. 100 Insolent, to a Degree beyond what was sufferable.

1814 Ld. Dudley Let. 9 Aug. (1840) 58 There must be some great defect in his mind, or he would try to make himself a little more sufferable.

a1843 R. Southey Common-place Bk. (1849) 2nd Ser. 248/1 His funereal elegies are..not quite worthless; that to..Antonio Ferreira on his wife's death is sufferable.

1852 W. M. Thackeray Henry Esmond II. i. 20 During the time the suffering is at least sufferable.

1872 W. D. Howells Their Wedding Journey iii. 59 It was something..that made the air so much more sufferable than it had been.

†3. That may be allowed, permissible. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > lack of subjection > permission > [adjective] > that can be permitted

sufferablea1395

admittable?1406

allowable1445

permissiblea1475

congeable1528

tolerable1531

lowable1538

grantable1548

permittable?1575

venial1597

lawful1600

admissible1611

a1395 W. Hylton Scala Perfeccionis (1494) ii. xxxii This maner syghte is sufferable to symple soules that can noo better.

1480 Cov. Leet Bk. 472 That comen-wele is nott sufferable by the kynges lawes.

a1571 J. Jewel Expos. 1 Thess. 84 in Wks. (1611) And how is that sufferable by any Law, that by so many Lawes is condemned?

1598 J. Manwood Treat. Lawes Forrest i. f. 3 It is not..sufferable for any other person, to hunte or hauke after any of those wilde beastes.

a1652 A. Wilson Hist. Great Brit. (1653) 20 For the Clericks..they are no way sufferable to remain in this Kingdom.

†4.

a. Capable of suffering, passible. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > [adjective]

passiblec1384

apprehensivea1398

feelinga1400

sensible?c1400

sufferablec1400

perceptible?a1430

sensatea1500

sensive?1541

senting1572

patible1602

sentient1632

sensile1650

sensatinga1652

perceptive1652

percipient1692

perceiving1736

c1400 N. Love tr. Bonaventura Mirror Life Christ vii. 52 For withouten dowte he hadde verray flesche and kyndely sufferable as haue othere children.

c1430 Life St. Kath. (Roxburghe Club) 36 Of þe experience of his suffrable nature he scheude to vs þat he was bothe verray god & man.

†b. Attended with suffering. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > biblical events > [adjective] > of the crucifixion: attended with suffering

sufferable1548

1548 E. Gest Treat. againste Masse sig. Di^v Christes sufferable and bloudy sacrifice.

†c. That may suffer injury or loss. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > [adjective] > exposed to danger > vulnerable

openeOE

subjectc1384

pregnablec1475

opportunea1500

casuala1535

wide open?1544

obnoxious1572

assailable1589

liable1593

abnoxious1611

woundable1611

obnoxious1612

speeding1612

infectible1634

sufferable1651

attackable1656

vulnerable1678

prejudicial1682

threatenable1841

doable1849

infectable1860

1651 R. Baxter Plain Script. Proof Infants Church-membership & Baptism 312 In the conferring of this (he saith) baptismall Regeneration is defined. But yet this is sufferable and loseable.

†5. Logic. Producing an effect on the senses.Cf.

1697 tr. F. Burgersdijck Monitio Logica i. vi. 17 Patible Quality, in Greek ποιότης παθητική.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > effect produced on emotions > [adjective] > producing an effect on emotions

sufferable1654

1654 Z. Coke Art of Logick 32 Quality hath four kinds or specials. 1. Habit. 2. Natural power. 3. Sufferable quality. 4. Figure.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	sufferable
释义	sufferableadj. /ˈsʌfərəb(ə)l/ Forms: Middle English suffrabil, suffreable, subferabylle, Middle English–1500s suffrable, Middle English souffrable, suffyrabyl, sufferabylle, suffurable, 1500s sufferabil, Scottish suffrabile, Middle English– sufferable. Etymology: < Old French suffrable = Italian sofferevole , < medieval Latin sufferābilis , < sufferre to suffer v. Subsequently modified in form by assimilation to suffer v.A Latin type sufferibilis is represented by Italian soffribile, Spanish sufrible, Portuguese sof(f)rivel. Obsolete* exc. archaic. †1. a. Patient, long-suffering. Also const. of: Willing to submit to. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > calmness > patience > [adjective] > long-suffering longmoodeOE sufferable1303 sufferantc1330 sufferinga1340 long1483 long-willeda1500 long-enduring1527 long-suffering1535 long-minded1618 longanimous1620 Indian1737 enduring1816–7 endurant1866 1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 8641 Þey ogh to be suffrable and meke, And no foly on ouþer men seke. c1386 G. Chaucer Wife of Bath's Prol. 442 Oon of vs two moste bowen doutelees, And sith a man is moore resonable Than womman is, ye moste been suffrable. c1412 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum 2934 Of swich writyng be of right suffrable. c1412 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum 4423 Thogh he to venge hym tarie, & be suffrable. 1568 E. Tilney Brief Disc. Mariage (new ed.) sig. Cij^v Sufferable in the importunities of his wyfe. 1577 R. Stanyhurst Treat. Descr. Irelande viii. f. 28/1, in R. Holinshed Chron. I The [Irish] people are thus enclined, religious, franke, amorous, irefull, sufferable of infinite paynes, very glorious. 1612 J. Speed Theatre of Empire of Great Brit. iii. i. 132/2 They rather liue rudely..and with a sufferable ease, ignorant of ambition, enioy those contentments. †b. Capable of endurance. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily constitution > bodily strength > [adjective] > capable of endurance sufferable1481 indurate1555 1481 W. Caxton tr. Siege & Conqueste Jerusalem (1893) cxlix. 221 He toke with hym a lytil companye of them that were moost suffrable. 2. That can be ‘suffered’ or put up with; bearable, tolerable, endurable. Also, tolerably good. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > quality of being satisfactory > [adjective] wellOE sufferablea1340 worthy1340 sufficient1489 paregala1500 competent1535 something like?1556 right1567 sweet1577 fairish1611 all right1652 fair1656 comfortable1658 decent1711 respectable1750 unrepulsive1787 decentisha1814 fair-to-middling1822 fine1828 christena1838 OK1839 tidy1844 not (or none) so dusty?1856 sweet1898 oke1928 okey-doke1934 okey-dokey1936 tickety-boo1939 cool1951 aight1993 the mind > emotion > suffering > [adjective] > sufferable sufferablea1340 supportablec1450 sustenable?1473 tolerablea1500 patible1623 bearable1656 endurable1800 a1340 R. Rolle Psalter cvi. 29 Þe persecuciouns he tempird and made þaim suffrabil. 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Matt. x. 15 It shall be more suffreable to the lond of men of Sodom and Gomor in the day of iugement, than to that citee. c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1905) II. 345 It was mor suffrable vnto hur, þe sorow of dead, þan was þe mirthe of life. 1483 Cath. Angl. 371/1 Subferabylle, tollerabilis. 1493 Dives & Pauper (W. de W.) vii. v. 281/1 The lordshyp of this worlde is sufferable & worshypfull. 1574 T. Newton tr. G. Gratarolo Direct. Health Magistrates & Studentes 35 Let us touche suche sortes of fyshes as are best and most sufferable. 1578 T. Tymme tr. J. Calvin Comm. Genesis 94 The more sufferable..that the Commandment of God was the less tolerable was their Crookedness in refusing to obey. 1654 T. Gataker Disc. Apol. 84 Manie Anabaptists..are more justifiable before God, and more sufferable with man, then Presbyterians and strict Calvinists. 1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World i. 100 Insolent, to a Degree beyond what was sufferable. 1814 Ld. Dudley Let. 9 Aug. (1840) 58 There must be some great defect in his mind, or he would try to make himself a little more sufferable. a1843 R. Southey Common-place Bk. (1849) 2nd Ser. 248/1 His funereal elegies are..not quite worthless; that to..Antonio Ferreira on his wife's death is sufferable. 1852 W. M. Thackeray Henry Esmond II. i. 20 During the time the suffering is at least sufferable. 1872 W. D. Howells Their Wedding Journey iii. 59 It was something..that made the air so much more sufferable than it had been. †3. That may be allowed, permissible. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > permission > [adjective] > that can be permitted sufferablea1395 admittable?1406 allowable1445 permissiblea1475 congeable1528 tolerable1531 lowable1538 grantable1548 permittable?1575 venial1597 lawful1600 admissible1611 a1395 W. Hylton Scala Perfeccionis (1494) ii. xxxii This maner syghte is sufferable to symple soules that can noo better. 1480 Cov. Leet Bk. 472 That comen-wele is nott sufferable by the kynges lawes. a1571 J. Jewel Expos. 1 Thess. 84 in Wks. (1611) And how is that sufferable by any Law, that by so many Lawes is condemned? 1598 J. Manwood Treat. Lawes Forrest i. f. 3 It is not..sufferable for any other person, to hunte or hauke after any of those wilde beastes. a1652 A. Wilson Hist. Great Brit. (1653) 20 For the Clericks..they are no way sufferable to remain in this Kingdom. †4. a. Capable of suffering, passible. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > [adjective] passiblec1384 apprehensivea1398 feelinga1400 sensible?c1400 sufferablec1400 perceptible?a1430 sensatea1500 sensive?1541 senting1572 patible1602 sentient1632 sensile1650 sensatinga1652 perceptive1652 percipient1692 perceiving1736 c1400 N. Love tr. Bonaventura Mirror Life Christ vii. 52 For withouten dowte he hadde verray flesche and kyndely sufferable as haue othere children. c1430 Life St. Kath. (Roxburghe Club) 36 Of þe experience of his suffrable nature he scheude to vs þat he was bothe verray god & man. †b. Attended with suffering. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > biblical events > [adjective] > of the crucifixion: attended with suffering sufferable1548 1548 E. Gest Treat. againste Masse sig. Di^v Christes sufferable and bloudy sacrifice. †c. That may suffer injury or loss. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > [adjective] > exposed to danger > vulnerable openeOE subjectc1384 pregnablec1475 opportunea1500 casuala1535 wide open?1544 obnoxious1572 assailable1589 liable1593 abnoxious1611 woundable1611 obnoxious1612 speeding1612 infectible1634 sufferable1651 attackable1656 vulnerable1678 prejudicial1682 threatenable1841 doable1849 infectable1860 1651 R. Baxter Plain Script. Proof Infants Church-membership & Baptism 312 In the conferring of this (he saith) baptismall Regeneration is defined. But yet this is sufferable and loseable. †5. Logic. Producing an effect on the senses.Cf. 1697 tr. F. Burgersdijck Monitio Logica i. vi. 17 Patible Quality, in Greek ποιότης παθητική. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > effect produced on emotions > [adjective] > producing an effect on emotions sufferable1654 1654 Z. Coke Art of Logick 32 Quality hath four kinds or specials. 1. Habit. 2. Natural power. 3. Sufferable quality. 4. Figure. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1303
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