breakableadj.n.

/ˈbreɪkəb(ə)l/

Etymology: < break v. + -able suffix.

A. adj.

Capable of being broken, frangible.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > constitution of matter > weakness > [adjective] > brittle or fragile

bricklec1225

froughc1275

brisel1303

brocklec1315

brittlea1382

fraila1382

brotelc1384

frangiblec1440

frushing1488

bruckle1513

brash1566

breakable1570

weak1581

glassya1591

brake1600

frushy1610

fragilea1616

kexy1641

brickly1670

cracky1725

fractile1727

frush1802

slattery1829

crackable1862

snappable1866

smashable1884

spaulty1895

1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Ai/2 Breakable, fragilis.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Brisable, burstable, breakeable.

1647 T. Fuller Cause Wounded Conscience iii. 17 Christs bones were in themselves breakable.

1844 Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 2 xii. 100 Breaking the eggs and every other thing breakable.

B. n.

In plural. Things which are capable of being broken.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > constitution of matter > weakness > [noun] > brittleness or fragility > fragile articles

breakables1820

frangible1824

fragile1882

1820 Ld. Byron Let. 12 June (1977) VII. 119 Mother Mocenigo will probably try a bill for breakables.

1904 H. G. Wells Food of Gods i. iv. 117 The child was born with good intentions. ‘Padda be good, be good,’ he used to say as the breakables flew before him.

1909 H. G. Wells Tono-Bungay (U.K. ed.) i. ii. §4 There was a plaster of Paris horse to indicate veterinary medicines among these breakables.

Derivatives

ˈbreakableness n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > constitution of matter > weakness > [noun] > brittleness or fragility

frailnessa1300

bricklenessa1425

fragility1604

frailty1615

brittleness1669

frangibleness1676

frangibility1783

crackability1810

breakableness1856

brashness1863

1856 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters III. 242 The character on which he fixes first..is frangibility—breakableness to bits.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

单词	breakable
释义	breakableadj.n. /ˈbreɪkəb(ə)l/ Etymology: < break v. + -able suffix. A. adj. Capable of being broken, frangible. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > weakness > [adjective] > brittle or fragile bricklec1225 froughc1275 brisel1303 brocklec1315 brittlea1382 fraila1382 brotelc1384 frangiblec1440 frushing1488 bruckle1513 brash1566 breakable1570 weak1581 glassya1591 brake1600 frushy1610 fragilea1616 kexy1641 brickly1670 cracky1725 fractile1727 frush1802 slattery1829 crackable1862 snappable1866 smashable1884 spaulty1895 1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Ai/2 Breakable, fragilis. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Brisable, burstable, breakeable. 1647 T. Fuller Cause Wounded Conscience iii. 17 Christs bones were in themselves breakable. 1844 Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 2 xii. 100 Breaking the eggs and every other thing breakable. B. n. In plural. Things which are capable of being broken. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > weakness > [noun] > brittleness or fragility > fragile articles breakables1820 frangible1824 fragile1882 1820 Ld. Byron Let. 12 June (1977) VII. 119 Mother Mocenigo will probably try a bill for breakables. 1904 H. G. Wells Food of Gods i. iv. 117 The child was born with good intentions. ‘Padda be good, be good,’ he used to say as the breakables flew before him. 1909 H. G. Wells Tono-Bungay (U.K. ed.) i. ii. §4 There was a plaster of Paris horse to indicate veterinary medicines among these breakables. Derivatives ˈbreakableness n. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > weakness > [noun] > brittleness or fragility frailnessa1300 bricklenessa1425 fragility1604 frailty1615 brittleness1669 frangibleness1676 frangibility1783 crackability1810 breakableness1856 brashness1863 1856 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters III. 242 The character on which he fixes first..is frangibility—breakableness to bits. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < adj.n.1570
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