† adulableadj.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin adulabilis.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin adulabilis flattering (4th cent.: see note) < classical Latin adūlārī adulate v. + -bilis -ble suffix.The expected sense of post-classical Latin adulabilis would be ‘able to be flattered’ but in the two passages in Ammianus which appear to be the only attestations of the word it seems to have the sense ‘flattering’.

Obsolete. rare.

Easily flattered.Only in glossaries.

ΚΠ

1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. i. sig. B3/2 Adulable, to be flattred.

1626 J. Minsheu Emendatio 17 Adulable, or easie to be flattered.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	adulable
释义	† adulableadj. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin adulabilis. Etymology: < post-classical Latin adulabilis flattering (4th cent.: see note) < classical Latin adūlārī adulate v. + -bilis -ble suffix.The expected sense of post-classical Latin adulabilis would be ‘able to be flattered’ but in the two passages in Ammianus which appear to be the only attestations of the word it seems to have the sense ‘flattering’. Obsolete. rare. Easily flattered.Only in glossaries. ΚΠ 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. i. sig. B3/2 Adulable, to be flattred. 1626 J. Minsheu Emendatio 17 Adulable, or easie to be flattered. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.1623
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