tolerableadj.adv.

/ˈtɒlərəb(ə)l/

Forms: Also Middle English–1600s toller-.

Etymology: < French tolérable (14th cent. in Godefroy Compl.), < Latin tolerābilis that may be borne, that can bear or endure, < tolerāre to bear, endure: see -able suffix.

A. adj.

a. Capable of being borne or endured; supportable (physically or mentally); bearable, endurable.

ΘΚΠ

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

sufferablea1340

supportablec1450

sustenable?1473

tolerablea1500

patible1623

bearable1656

endurable1800

the mind > emotion > calmness > patience > [adjective] > forbearing or tolerant > endurable or tolerable

portablec1450

supportablec1450

tolerablea1500

durable1509

comportable1599

tractable1605

bearable1656

endurable1800

brookable1824

liveable1841

a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. (Rawl.) (1898) 132 Suche a kynge is tollerabill, as many men thynkyn, for the more myschefe to Enchu.

c1530 A. Barclay Egloges iii. sig. Niij It were thynge tollerable To becke & to bowe, to personys honorable.

1582 Bible (Rheims) Matt. x. 15 It shall be more tolerable for the land of the Sodomites and Gomorrheans in the day of iudgement, then for that city.

1604 E. Grimeston tr. True Hist. Siege Ostend 157 Nakednesse, by reason of the..colde..is not very tollerable.

1653 R. Baxter Worcester-shire Petition 39 I abhor as much as most do..not bearing with each other in tolerable differences.

a1704 T. Brown Dialogue Oxf. Schollars in Wks. (1707) I. i. 10 He did not know how to maintain himself and his Family in any tolerable sort.

1834 R. Southey Doctor II. 291 The temperature of a glass-house is not only tolerable but agreeable to those who have their fiery occupation there.

1909 Westm. Gaz. 27 Aug. 2/2 Ideas..of making the motor less anti-social and more tolerable by the general public.

b. Of drugs: That may be endured, or of which the action may be resisted, by the human system: cf. tolerance n. 1b, tolerant adj. c.

2. Such as to be tolerated, allowed, or countenanced; sufferable, allowable. Now rare.

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

1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour ii. ii. sig. Oij^v That langage that in the chambre is tollerable, in place of iugement or great assembly is nothing commendable.

1597–1602 W. Riding Sessions Rolls (Yorks. Rec. Ser.) 27 Misdemeanours not tollerable by the lawes of the Realme.

1598 J. Manwood Treat. Lawes Forrest xii. f. 71 When there is no mast in the woods, then hogges nor swine are not tollerable there.

1610 T. Campion New Way Counter-point sig. E5^v If the Base be sharpe in Ffavt, it is not tollerable to rise from a sixt to an eight.

1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 20 The most Tolerable Sort of Reuenge is for those wrongs which there is no Law to remedy.

1690 J. Locke Two Treat. Govt. ii. xiii. §151 Where..the Executive is vested in a single Person,..that single Person in a very tolerable Sense may also be called Supream.

†3. actively. Capable of bearing or enduring; tolerant. Const. of. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > warrior > [adjective] > qualities or attributes

steadfast993

sharpc1000

forfoughtenc1275

austere?a1400

tolerable1555

flesheda1626

steady1670

death or glory1806

1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde iii. ii. f. 99 The owlde souldiours..were..exceadynge tollerable of labour, heate, hunger, and watchynge.

4. Moderate in degree, quality, or character; of middling quality, mediocre, passable; now esp. moderately good, fairly good or agreeable, not bad.

ΘΚΠ

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

tolerable1548

tol-lol1797

tolerablish1798

tol-lol-ish1840

1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Matt. v. 38 To the intent ye shoulde be of the meane and tollerable sorte.

1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lxxxi. 260 Wee are to descend to a lower step receiuing knowledge in that degree which is but tolerable.

a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1658 (1955) III. 216 The new front towards the Gardens, is tollerable, were it not drown'd by a too massie..pair of stayers of stone.

1693 J. Dryden Disc. conc. Satire in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires p. li We have yet no English Prosodia, not so much as a tolerable Dictionary, or a Grammar.

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Tolerable,..also indifferent, passable.

1790 Coll. Voy. round World V. x. 1729 Some of it, which had adhered in lumps, was of a tolerable [1784 II. 235 sufficient] whiteness.

1833 L. Ritchie Wanderings by Loire 53 The staircase is all that now exists even in tolerable preservation.

1835 J. Ross Narr. Second Voy. North-west Passage xl. 538 Found a tolerable road.

a1865 E. C. Gaskell Wives & Daughters (1866) I. xv. 172 He had eaten a very tolerable lunch.

1868 M. Pattison Suggestions Acad. Organisation v. 209 Leisure and tolerable freedom from the anxieties of straitened means.

B. adv.

a. = tolerably adv. 2. As adv.After 1750 chiefly in inferior writers and dialect.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > moderateness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adverb] > fairly

reasonably1389

reasonablyc1447

seemlyc1460

reasonable1485

gaily1532

indifferently?c1550

pretty well1576

indifferent1583

tolerably1602

tolerable1673

middling1719

geylies1754

middlingly1755

fairly1805

fairish1818

wellish1830

serviceably1896

the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > mediocrity > [adverb] > tolerably

meanlya1398

tolerably1602

tolerable1673

sufferably1875

1673 Remarques on Humours of Town 40 If you can but discourse tollerable of good Wine.

1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 114. ⁋1 I observed a Person of a tolerable good Aspect.

1796 E. Parsons Myst. Warning III. 142 They halted at a tolerable large hamlet.

1850 H. C. Watson Camp-fires Revol. 63 We had got along thus far tolerable well.

1873 J. H. Beadle Undevel. West x. 178 If the ‘later rain’ has not put in an appearance, they are, in local phrase, ‘tolerable dry’.

1884 ‘M. Twain’ Adventures Huckleberry Finn i. 19 Her sister, Miss Watson, a tolerable slim old maid, with goggles on.

b. predicative. In fair health; moderately or passably well: = tolerably adv. 2b. colloquial.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > [adjective] > in fair health

tolerably1778

tol-lol1797

tolerable1812

featish1825

wellish1830

tol-lol-ish1840

1812 J. Constable Let. 16 Feb. (1962) I. 77 Your Father looks well & is very tolerable as to his cough & breathing.

1847 C. Brontë Jane Eyre II. xi. 295 We're tolerable, sir, I thank you.

1856 G. H. Derby Phœnixiana ii. 33 If I..ask him..‘How he does?’ he infallibly replies—‘Tolerable, thank you.’

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	tolerable
释义	tolerableadj.adv. /ˈtɒlərəb(ə)l/ Forms: Also Middle English–1600s toller-. Etymology: < French tolérable (14th cent. in Godefroy Compl.), < Latin tolerābilis that may be borne, that can bear or endure, < tolerāre to bear, endure: see -able suffix. A. adj. 1. a. Capable of being borne or endured; supportable (physically or mentally); bearable, endurable. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > [adjective] > sufferable sufferablea1340 supportablec1450 sustenable?1473 tolerablea1500 patible1623 bearable1656 endurable1800 the mind > emotion > calmness > patience > [adjective] > forbearing or tolerant > endurable or tolerable portablec1450 supportablec1450 tolerablea1500 durable1509 comportable1599 tractable1605 bearable1656 endurable1800 brookable1824 liveable1841 a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. (Rawl.) (1898) 132 Suche a kynge is tollerabill, as many men thynkyn, for the more myschefe to Enchu. c1530 A. Barclay Egloges iii. sig. Niij It were thynge tollerable To becke & to bowe, to personys honorable. 1582 Bible (Rheims) Matt. x. 15 It shall be more tolerable for the land of the Sodomites and Gomorrheans in the day of iudgement, then for that city. 1604 E. Grimeston tr. True Hist. Siege Ostend 157 Nakednesse, by reason of the..colde..is not very tollerable. 1653 R. Baxter Worcester-shire Petition 39 I abhor as much as most do..not bearing with each other in tolerable differences. a1704 T. Brown Dialogue Oxf. Schollars in Wks. (1707) I. i. 10 He did not know how to maintain himself and his Family in any tolerable sort. 1834 R. Southey Doctor II. 291 The temperature of a glass-house is not only tolerable but agreeable to those who have their fiery occupation there. 1909 Westm. Gaz. 27 Aug. 2/2 Ideas..of making the motor less anti-social and more tolerable by the general public. b. Of drugs: That may be endured, or of which the action may be resisted, by the human system: cf. tolerance n. 1b, tolerant adj. c. 2. Such as to be tolerated, allowed, or countenanced; sufferable, allowable. Now rare. 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 1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour ii. ii. sig. Oij^v That langage that in the chambre is tollerable, in place of iugement or great assembly is nothing commendable. 1597–1602 W. Riding Sessions Rolls (Yorks. Rec. Ser.) 27 Misdemeanours not tollerable by the lawes of the Realme. 1598 J. Manwood Treat. Lawes Forrest xii. f. 71 When there is no mast in the woods, then hogges nor swine are not tollerable there. 1610 T. Campion New Way Counter-point sig. E5^v If the Base be sharpe in Ffavt, it is not tollerable to rise from a sixt to an eight. 1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 20 The most Tolerable Sort of Reuenge is for those wrongs which there is no Law to remedy. 1690 J. Locke Two Treat. Govt. ii. xiii. §151 Where..the Executive is vested in a single Person,..that single Person in a very tolerable Sense may also be called Supream. †3. actively. Capable of bearing or enduring; tolerant. Const. of. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > [adjective] > qualities or attributes steadfast993 sharpc1000 forfoughtenc1275 austere?a1400 tolerable1555 flesheda1626 steady1670 death or glory1806 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde iii. ii. f. 99 The owlde souldiours..were..exceadynge tollerable of labour, heate, hunger, and watchynge. 4. Moderate in degree, quality, or character; of middling quality, mediocre, passable; now esp. moderately good, fairly good or agreeable, not bad. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > mediocrity > [adjective] > tolerable tolerable1548 tol-lol1797 tolerablish1798 tol-lol-ish1840 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Matt. v. 38 To the intent ye shoulde be of the meane and tollerable sorte. 1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lxxxi. 260 Wee are to descend to a lower step receiuing knowledge in that degree which is but tolerable. a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1658 (1955) III. 216 The new front towards the Gardens, is tollerable, were it not drown'd by a too massie..pair of stayers of stone. 1693 J. Dryden Disc. conc. Satire in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires p. li We have yet no English Prosodia, not so much as a tolerable Dictionary, or a Grammar. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Tolerable,..also indifferent, passable. 1790 Coll. Voy. round World V. x. 1729 Some of it, which had adhered in lumps, was of a tolerable [1784 II. 235 sufficient] whiteness. 1833 L. Ritchie Wanderings by Loire 53 The staircase is all that now exists even in tolerable preservation. 1835 J. Ross Narr. Second Voy. North-west Passage xl. 538 Found a tolerable road. a1865 E. C. Gaskell Wives & Daughters (1866) I. xv. 172 He had eaten a very tolerable lunch. 1868 M. Pattison Suggestions Acad. Organisation v. 209 Leisure and tolerable freedom from the anxieties of straitened means. B. adv. a. = tolerably adv. 2. As adv.After 1750 chiefly in inferior writers and dialect. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > moderateness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adverb] > fairly reasonably1389 reasonablyc1447 seemlyc1460 reasonable1485 gaily1532 indifferently?c1550 pretty well1576 indifferent1583 tolerably1602 tolerable1673 middling1719 geylies1754 middlingly1755 fairly1805 fairish1818 wellish1830 serviceably1896 the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > mediocrity > [adverb] > tolerably meanlya1398 tolerably1602 tolerable1673 sufferably1875 1673 Remarques on Humours of Town 40 If you can but discourse tollerable of good Wine. 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 114. ⁋1 I observed a Person of a tolerable good Aspect. 1796 E. Parsons Myst. Warning III. 142 They halted at a tolerable large hamlet. 1850 H. C. Watson Camp-fires Revol. 63 We had got along thus far tolerable well. 1873 J. H. Beadle Undevel. West x. 178 If the ‘later rain’ has not put in an appearance, they are, in local phrase, ‘tolerable dry’. 1884 ‘M. Twain’ Adventures Huckleberry Finn i. 19 Her sister, Miss Watson, a tolerable slim old maid, with goggles on. b. predicative. In fair health; moderately or passably well: = tolerably adv. 2b. colloquial. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > [adjective] > in fair health tolerably1778 tol-lol1797 tolerable1812 featish1825 wellish1830 tol-lol-ish1840 1812 J. Constable Let. 16 Feb. (1962) I. 77 Your Father looks well & is very tolerable as to his cough & breathing. 1847 C. Brontë Jane Eyre II. xi. 295 We're tolerable, sir, I thank you. 1856 G. H. Derby Phœnixiana ii. 33 If I..ask him..‘How he does?’ he infallibly replies—‘Tolerable, thank you.’ This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < adj.adv.a1500
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