admittableadj.

Brit.

/ədˈmɪtəbl/, U.S.

/ədˈmɪdəb(ə)l/

Forms:

α. late Middle English–1600s admittible.

β. 1500s– admittable.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: Latin admittibilis ; admit v., -able suffix.

Etymology: Originally (in α. forms) < post-classical Latin admittibilis (from 14th cent. in British sources; < admittere admit v. + -ibilis -ible suffix); in later use (in β. forms) < admit v. + -able suffix. Compare later admissable adj.

Acceptable, allowable, valid. In later use also: capable of being or having the right to be admitted to a place, position, etc. Cf. admissible adj.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > quality of being approvable or acceptable > [adjective]

acceptablea1382

acceptedc1384

admittable?1406

approvablec1449

eligiblea1500

plausible1541

admissable1587

avowable1602

applausive1605

admissible1611

vendible1642

plaudablea1650

unexceptionable1664

favourable1666

unobnoxious1678

unexceptioned1704

right1748

unregrettable1748

undisgusting1755

unexceptional1775

all right1868

unarraignable1886

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

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > [adjective] > having quality of letting in > capable or worthy of admission

admissable1587

admissible1645

receivable1646

admittable1726

intromissible1808

society > authority > office > appointment to office > [adjective] > appointed to office > able to be admitted to office

admittable1726

admissible1849

?1406 T. Hoccleve La Mâle Règle l. 299 in E. P. Hammond Eng. Verse between Chaucer & Surrey (1927) 64/1 This is my skile, if it be admittible.

a1450 (c1412) T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum (Harl. 4866) (1897) l. 3120 (MED) A man to sle by lawe, it is lisible; That slaughtre beforn god is admittible.

a1575 N. Harpsfield Treat. Divorce Henry VIII (1878) (modernized text) 75 A dispensation is sooner admittable in affinity than in consanguinity.

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 152 This appellation is not admittible in propriety of speech.

1726 J. Ayliffe Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani 40 For as the Law then stood, a Deacon was admittable.

1752 Monthly Rev. Jan. 51 The Lemma would have been equally admittable.

1866 J. P. Hall Rep. Cases Superior Court City of N.Y. 21 The bill of sale being absolute in its terms, evidence was not admittable to contradict, vary, or explain its import.

1872 J. L. Seton Notes on Operations of North German Troops ii. 10 This Gentleman..enumerates the following claims which he considers as admittable.

1919 Archit. Rec. July 37/2 The idea is indeed an admittable one.

2004 T. B. Smith West of Then 293 Hotel lobbies do that to people: the desk, the desire to look admittable.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	admittable
释义	admittableadj. Brit. /ədˈmɪtəbl/, U.S. /ədˈmɪdəb(ə)l/ Forms: α. late Middle English–1600s admittible. β. 1500s– admittable. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: Latin admittibilis ; admit v., -able suffix. Etymology: Originally (in α. forms) < post-classical Latin admittibilis (from 14th cent. in British sources; < admittere admit v. + -ibilis -ible suffix); in later use (in β. forms) < admit v. + -able suffix. Compare later admissable adj. Acceptable, allowable, valid. In later use also: capable of being or having the right to be admitted to a place, position, etc. Cf. admissible adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > quality of being approvable or acceptable > [adjective] acceptablea1382 acceptedc1384 admittable?1406 approvablec1449 eligiblea1500 plausible1541 admissable1587 avowable1602 applausive1605 admissible1611 vendible1642 plaudablea1650 unexceptionable1664 favourable1666 unobnoxious1678 unexceptioned1704 right1748 unregrettable1748 undisgusting1755 unexceptional1775 all right1868 unarraignable1886 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 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > [adjective] > having quality of letting in > capable or worthy of admission admissable1587 admissible1645 receivable1646 admittable1726 intromissible1808 society > authority > office > appointment to office > [adjective] > appointed to office > able to be admitted to office admittable1726 admissible1849 ?1406 T. Hoccleve La Mâle Règle l. 299 in E. P. Hammond Eng. Verse between Chaucer & Surrey (1927) 64/1 This is my skile, if it be admittible. a1450 (c1412) T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum (Harl. 4866) (1897) l. 3120 (MED) A man to sle by lawe, it is lisible; That slaughtre beforn god is admittible. a1575 N. Harpsfield Treat. Divorce Henry VIII (1878) (modernized text) 75 A dispensation is sooner admittable in affinity than in consanguinity. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 152 This appellation is not admittible in propriety of speech. View more context for this quotation 1726 J. Ayliffe Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani 40 For as the Law then stood, a Deacon was admittable. 1752 Monthly Rev. Jan. 51 The Lemma would have been equally admittable. 1866 J. P. Hall Rep. Cases Superior Court City of N.Y. 21 The bill of sale being absolute in its terms, evidence was not admittable to contradict, vary, or explain its import. 1872 J. L. Seton Notes on Operations of North German Troops ii. 10 This Gentleman..enumerates the following claims which he considers as admittable. 1919 Archit. Rec. July 37/2 The idea is indeed an admittable one. 2004 T. B. Smith West of Then 293 Hotel lobbies do that to people: the desk, the desire to look admittable. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.?1406
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