bruisableadj.

Brit.

/ˈbruːzəbl/, U.S.

/ˈbruzəb(ə)l/

Forms: 1600s bruiseable, 1800s bruisible, 1800s– bruisable.

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

Etymology: < bruise v. + -able suffix.With the form bruisible compare -ible suffix.

†1. That can be crushed or ground; friable. Cf. bruise v. 3. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > constitution of matter > lack of density > [adjective] > loose texture > lacking cohesion > friable or crumbly

crumbly?1523

friable1563

crummy1567

mouldery1600

short1607

bruisable1611

powdery1657

brashya1722

pulverulent1794

powderous1863

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Friable, bruiseable, easie to be broken.

1649 E. Stephens tr. B. de Vigenère Disc. Fire & Salt 79 Make a trench..wherein you shall put quicksilver which will be suddainly congealed, but bruiseable into powder.

2. That can be bruised (literal and figurative).

ΚΠ

1864 G. H. B. Macleod Outl. Surg. Diagnosis 506 Generally they [sc. myeloid tumours] are resistant, softly elastic, bruisible [U.S. ed. bruisable] to the touch.

1871 Janesville (Wisconsin) Gaz. 24 Aug. Each one of the party was bruised on almost every bruisable portion of their bodies.

1887 Babyhood Nov. 396/1 A soft, plump, round baby, as bruisable apparently as a ripe peach.

1902 E. Wharton in Harper's Mag. Aug. 347/1 Soul is more bruisable than flesh, and Julia was wounded in every fibre of her spirit.

1962 Amer. Jrnl. Legal Hist. 6 312 The always present tenderness of the easily bruisable human egos that must surround him at all stages of his work.

2001 K. Den Hartog Water Wings 5 People are soft and bruisable, she had known this even then.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	bruisable
释义	bruisableadj. Brit. /ˈbruːzəbl/, U.S. /ˈbruzəb(ə)l/ Forms: 1600s bruiseable, 1800s bruisible, 1800s– bruisable. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: bruise v., -able suffix. Etymology: < bruise v. + -able suffix.With the form bruisible compare -ible suffix. †1. That can be crushed or ground; friable. Cf. bruise v. 3. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > lack of density > [adjective] > loose texture > lacking cohesion > friable or crumbly crumbly?1523 friable1563 crummy1567 mouldery1600 short1607 bruisable1611 powdery1657 brashya1722 pulverulent1794 powderous1863 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Friable, bruiseable, easie to be broken. 1649 E. Stephens tr. B. de Vigenère Disc. Fire & Salt 79 Make a trench..wherein you shall put quicksilver which will be suddainly congealed, but bruiseable into powder. 2. That can be bruised (literal and figurative). ΚΠ 1864 G. H. B. Macleod Outl. Surg. Diagnosis 506 Generally they [sc. myeloid tumours] are resistant, softly elastic, bruisible [U.S. ed. bruisable] to the touch. 1871 Janesville (Wisconsin) Gaz. 24 Aug. Each one of the party was bruised on almost every bruisable portion of their bodies. 1887 Babyhood Nov. 396/1 A soft, plump, round baby, as bruisable apparently as a ripe peach. 1902 E. Wharton in Harper's Mag. Aug. 347/1 Soul is more bruisable than flesh, and Julia was wounded in every fibre of her spirit. 1962 Amer. Jrnl. Legal Hist. 6 312 The always present tenderness of the easily bruisable human egos that must surround him at all stages of his work. 2001 K. Den Hartog Water Wings 5 People are soft and bruisable, she had known this even then. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1611
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