commoden.

Brit.

/kəˈməʊd/, U.S.

/kəˈmoʊd/

Forms: 1600s comode, 1600s– commode.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French commode.

Etymology: < French commode type of woman's headdress that can be rapidly placed in position (1704, although quot. a1687 at sense 1 probably implies earlier currency), low, large, and frequently ornate chest of drawers (1708), woman who is a go-between for another woman in an affair (18th cent.), uses as noun of commode , adjective (see commode adj.).Senses 4a and 4b appear to be innovations within English. With sense 4a perhaps compare French toilette-commode (1864), commode-toilette (1900) chest of drawers with a washbasin fitted in the top.

1. A woman's headdress of a type popular in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, consisting of a tall wire framework covered with silk, lace, or other fabrics, often also having streamers or lappets falling over the shoulders; the wire frame supporting such a headdress. Now historical. Cf. fontange n.In quot. a1718, apparently with reference to the streamers which often formed part of the headdress.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > tall

turret1473

high head1580

towerc1612

fontange1685

commodea1687

cop1688

toppingc1690

cock-up1692

a1687 Duke of Buckingham Misc. Wks. (1704) I. 239 At last the Knight..struck off her Commode.

a1718 T. Parnell Poems Several Occasions (1721) 142 Long streets and longer Roads Dangling behind her, like commodes.

1730 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) I. 238 They would be as awkward here as if I was to wear a commode.

1845 C. Knight Old Eng. II. iv. iii. 210/1 The ancient beaux and belles of the latter part of the seventeenth century, in peruke and commode—with snuff-box and fan.

1876 J. R. Planché Cycl. Costume I. 130 Commode. A very high head-dress, worn by ladies in the reign of William III., and of which the name was surely satirical, as anything more incommodious could scarcely be invented.

1938 J. C. Spruill Women's Life & Work in Southern Colonies vi. 119 Sometime in the second decade the commode disappeared; the hair was arranged in simple curls close to the head and was surmounted by an ornamental cap.

2013 B. Chico Hats & Headwear around World 183 Its crown was decorated by ruffles of lawn fabric and fluted lace mounted on tiers over a commode or silk-covered wired frame.

†2. A woman who procures people as prostitutes or illicit sexual partners for others; = procuress n. 2. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > [noun] > pimping or procuring > procurer of either sex > procuress

butcheressa1475

stew1552

bawdress1569

brokeress1582

pander1585

abbess1594

aunt1604

panderess1604

hackney womanc1616

bronstrops1617

procuress1638

provincialc1640

fruit-woman1673

flesh-broker1699

broker-woman1723

commode1725

coupleress1864

hack1864

procureuse1930

1725 C. Cibber Cæsar in Ægypt Epil. Was it not Bold..to..make the Tragic Muse commode to Love?

1753 S. Foote Englishman in Paris i. 23 A pretty Lodging we have hit upon; the Mistress a Commode, and the Master a ——.

1765 Gentleman's & London Mag. June 322/2 Mrs. Loveit, a widow of sixty.., comes to solicit Mrs. Mechlin's assistance for a young husband: the obliging Commode very readily assents.

3. A chest of drawers, cabinet, or chiffonier for use in the bedroom or drawing-room; spec. one of a type originating in France and especially popular in the eighteenth century, typically being roughly waist height, and frequently highly ornate.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > chest of drawers > [noun] > elaborate

commode1754

1754 T. Chippendale Gentleman & Cabinet-maker's Director 13 This Commode, made by a skillful workman, and of fine wood, will give great satisfaction.

1786 F. Tytler in Lounger No. 79. ⁋5 A labyrinth of chests of drawers, commodes, cabinets and boxes.

1832 M. R. Mitford Our Village V. 78 An indescribable piece of furniture called a commode, consisting of three drawers of dark mahogany, perched upon long legs, and surmounted by four shelves enclosed within glass doors.

1880 Standard 7 Aug. 8/2 An antique ebony commode on cabriole legs.

1932 Pop. Sci. Monthly Jan. 87/3 From an obsolete but beautiful commode with handsome burl walnut panels, I constructed the Colonial corner cabinet illustrated in Fig. 4.

1960 Life 26 Sept. 36 (advt.) Such variety..cocktail tables, lamp, step, drum tables, commodes, cabinet tables, end and corner tables..almost anything you want.

2015 L. Drutman Business of Amer. is Lobbying ii. 22 The lobbyist lavishing a nineteenth-century Louis Philippe commode..upon a congressman in exchange for government contracts.

a. A piece of furniture enclosing or concealing a chamber pot; a close-stool (cf. night commode n. at night n. and int. Compounds 4). Now chiefly: a chair with a chamber pot incorporated into the seat, typically used by invalids and those with restricted mobility.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > sanitation > privy or latrine > [noun] > close-stool or commode

privy stool1377

night-chair1404

close-stool1410

stool1410

chamber stool1567

night table1730

night-stool1781

commode1802

Sir John1808

chamber closet1842

chaise percée1939

thunder-box1939

1802 W. Dyott Diary 21 Apr. (1907) I. 198 There is no such thing as a garden or even backyard to any house in Cadiz, and the commode is always at the top of the house.

1815 New Med. & Physical Jrnl. July 95 A commode has been fitted for him in his cabin, as his calls to stool are incessant.

1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 4 Mar. 11/2 At the corner of this passage..is a commode for the use of the women.

1912 Med. Herald Apr. 181/1 If after twelve hours, the puerpera has not passed water.., I have the nurse swing her out of bed, and place her on the commode.

1958 Nursing (St. John Ambulance Assoc.) iv. 50 It is frequently less exhausting and less dangerous to help an ill patient on to a commode beside the bed rather than lift her on to a bedpan.

2001 A. Solomon Noonday Demon (2002) iii. 191 She had become accustomed to a commode, which could be brought to her bedside, and she refused to go the fifteen feet to get to the toilet.

b. Chiefly North American. euphemistic. A toilet.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > sanitation > privy or latrine > [noun] > water-closet or lavatory

closet1496

water closet1736

water closet1747

throne room1787

W.C.1815

netty1825

convenience1841

Johnny1847

lavabo1852

restrooma1856

small room1858

cloakroom1865

lavatory1874

bathroom1883

toilet1886

can1900

place1902

lav1913

washroom1919

head1920

lavvy1922

dike1923

smallest room1930

John1931

khazi1932

loo1940

biffy1942

Wa1953

shitcan1954

commode1958

cludgie1961

1958 Jet 31 July 48 He made a dash from the living room to the bathroom and swallowed the narcotics after he saw he could not flush the dope down the commode.

1984 Cincinnati Mag. Dec. 87/2 She fell again and hit her head on the commode in the bathroom.

2007 Boating Jan. 72 You can access the commode and sink from the passageway as well as from the master stateroom.

Compounds

General attributive (in later use chiefly in sense 4), as commode chair, commode pan, etc.

ΚΠ

1693 London Gaz. No. 2832/4 A Commode Box with a Head-dress.

a1704 T. Brown Legacy for Ladies (1705) 121 Commode-Women in Pater-noster-row busie with their Heads in the Daytime, and Tails in the Evening.

1754 T. Chippendale Gentleman & Cabinet-maker's Director 12 Two French Commode Tables.

1841 Leicester Chron. 5 June (advt.) Two sets of mahogany bed steps, with patent commode pans.

1882 Canad. Patent Office Rec. Apr. 106/1 The combination of the commode seat and the washstand attachment.

1905 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 17 Oct. 1701/2 A commode vessel supported below the mattress.

1951 Times 11 Apr. 5/5 Commode pans and lids, commode stools, commode chairs.

2005 Indianapolis Monthly Sept. 48/2 Two vanity areas with brushed gold fixtures, glazed cabinets in a vanilla color, and separate commode rooms.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

† commodeadj.

Forms: 1500s–1700s commode, 1600s commade, 1600s comode.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French commode; Latin commodus.

Etymology: < (i) Middle French, French commode easy, convenient (1475), (of a person, depreciative) accommodating (1661), and its etymon (ii) classical Latin commodus of full size or weight, convenient, suitable, opportune, timely, favourable, advantageous, desirable, agreeable, obliging < com- com- prefix + modus mode n.Compare Catalan còmode (16th cent.), Spanish cómodo (14th cent.), Portuguese cômodo (16th cent.), Italian comodo (14th cent.).

Obsolete.

1. Convenient, suitable, opportune.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > advantage > convenience > [adjective]

i-tasea1000

queemlOE

gainc1330

conablea1340

convenientc1374

covenablec1380

convenable1421

conveniable1432

comenablea1500

commodious1541

necessary1541

commode1549

commoditious1574

dexterous1605

commoditous1621

friendly1713

clever1757

convenience1961

the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > [adjective]

goodeOE

rightOE

queemlOE

belonglOE

behovingc1175

limplyc1200

tidefula1300

avenantc1300

mackc1330

worthy1340

hemea1350

convenientc1374

seemlya1375

shapelyc1374

ablea1382

cordant1382

meetc1385

accordable1386

accordinga1387

appurtenantc1386

pertinentc1390

accordanta1393

likea1393

setea1400

throa1400

agreeablec1425

habilec1425

suitly1426

competentc1430

suiting1431

fitc1440

proportionablec1443

justc1450

congruent?a1475

cordinga1475

congruec1475

afferant1480

belonging1483

cordable1485

hovable1508

attainanta1513

accommodate1525

agreeing1533

respondent1533

opportunate?1541

appropriate1544

commode1549

familiar1553

apt1563

pliant1565

liable1570

sortly1570

competible1586

sortable1586

fitty1589

accommodable1592

congruable1603

affining1606

feated1606

suity1607

reputable1611

suited1613

idoneousa1615

matchable1614

suitablea1616

congruous1631

fitten1642

responsal1647

appropriated1651

adapt1658

mack-like1672

squared1698

homogeneous1708

applicable1711

unforeign1718

fitted1736

congenial1738

assorted1790

accommodatable1874

OK1925

1549 W. Paget Let. 24 July in Camden Misc. (1974) XXV. 70 Thentreteynement of thamitie as a thing necessarie and commode to both the parties.

1688 A. Behn Oroonoko 169 We were Dress'd, so as is most comode for the hot Countries.

1740 H. Walpole Let. 9 July in Corr. (1974) XXXVII. 68 A vast palace..vastly commode especially to the cicisbeo-part of mankind.

1790 C. Dibdin Coll. of Songs I. 225 The time most commode of all others to take.

2. Usually depreciative. Of a person: acquiescent; accommodating. Sometimes with to.Common in the 18th cent.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > lack of principle or integrity > [adjective] > accessible to corruption

commode1674

pliable1863

society > authority > subjection > obedience > manageability > [adjective] > compliant

ablec1384

obedientc1400

supplec1405

accordinga1425

plianta1425

serviablea1425

appliable1449

bowablec1449

applicant?c1500

pliablea1513

applying?1529

flexible?1531

maniablea1604

correspondenta1616

compliable1641

compliant1642

complaisant1647

flexile1651

complacential1658

complying1668

commode1674

complaisential1689

applicable1702

complacent1790

unprotesting1792

1674 H. J. tr. C. V. de Saint-Réal Don Carlos 37 He became insensibly as commode [Fr. commode] as till then he had been troublesome.

1722 R. Steele Conscious Lovers v. 59 One of those Commode Ladies, who lend out Beauty, for Hire.

1728 C. Cibber Vanbrugh's Provok'd Husband iv. i. 71 So Sir! am not I very commode to you?

1785 J. O'Keeffe Fontainbleau iii. 64 Lap.: She may give you von you know; von can't ruin her. Henry: Very commode indeed!

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

commodev.

Brit.

/kəˈməʊd/, U.S.

/kəˈmoʊd/

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

Etymology: < classical Latin commodāre to lend, hire, to provide, give, to be accommodating, help, oblige, to suit < commodus commode adj. Compare earlier commode adj., and also earlier commodate v.With sense 1 compare Italian comodare (1502), in the same sense. With sense 2 compare Middle French comoder (1409), in the same sense. In sense 3 after accommodate v. 3a.

1. transitive. Frequently in passive.

†a. To equip or provide (esp. a building) with something regarded as suitable or appropriate. Obsolete.In earliest use as past participle in well commoded.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > supply > provide or supply (something) [verb (transitive)] > provide or supply (a person or thing) with anything > with what is suitable

accommodate1582

suit1590

mate1594

commode1636

1636 in P. H. Brown Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1905) 2nd Ser. VI. 606 Finding the same [kirk] not weill commoded with seates and deskes for the ease of the parochiners.

1665 J. Webb Vindic. Stone-Heng (1725) 37 Modern Architects..have thought fit to commode every Order of Columns with a proportionate Pedestal.

1694 R. Franck Northern Mem. 227 In the Center [of Newark]..stands a Market-house, piazza'd or bolstred up with Wooden Props, commoded with a Roof of Lead and Tile.

b. To supply or provide (a person) with something needed or desired. Cf. accommodate v. 3b. Now rare (archaic in later use).

ΚΠ

1646 J. Brinsley Araignm. Present Schism 46 Suppose a travellour in his journey..cannot be commoded with diet or lodging but in a profane Inne or Alehouse, may hee not therefore take in there?

1694 R. Franck Northern Mem. 140 I recovered a Meadow, which generously commoded me with a Hauthorn-bush that Nature had planted by the River side.

1802 M. Charlton Wife & Mistress III. iii. 62 Mrs Maunder confessed, that..she should be glad to be commoded with a part of her wages.

1946 G. J. Nathan in N.Y. Jrnl.-Amer. 26 Aug. 13/1 Having subtly hinted that the conversational atmosphere was far from unconducive to another bottle of beer.., and having been appropriately commoded with it, I bade my friend proceed.

†2. transitive. To suit; to meet the requirements of. Obsolete (archaic in later use).

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > suit or be suitable for [verb (transitive)]

suit1431

queemc1540

fita1586

sort1587

suit1600

to level (a person or thing) with (now rare), to, unto1603

to comply with1626

opportunea1634

commodiate1641

commode1655

lend1854

1655 W. Gostelow Charls Stuart & Oliver Cromwel United 5 So conveniently is it situate, naturally affording the delights and good accommodations, that may best commode, serve and adorne an University.

1694 R. Franck Northern Mem. 57 By Noon..the Tide will commode us for our Northern Passage.

1784 Vermont Jrnl. & Universal Advertiser 28 Apr. 3/2 It appears..that the times for holding the county courts in the county of Orange, does not commode the inhabitants of said county.

1870 H. A. Bragg Tekel xxv. 251 If it would commode you, I will come down to Creswood for her.

†3. transitive. To put in order, repair. Cf. accommodate v. 3a. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > paving and road-building > pave or build roads [verb (transitive)] > repair roads

commode1766

1766 Ann. Reg. 1765 Projects 170/2 It would help to preserve and commode the roads.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

n.a1687

adj.1549

v.1636

单词	commode
释义	commoden. Brit. /kəˈməʊd/, U.S. /kəˈmoʊd/ Forms: 1600s comode, 1600s– commode. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French commode. Etymology: < French commode type of woman's headdress that can be rapidly placed in position (1704, although quot. a1687 at sense 1 probably implies earlier currency), low, large, and frequently ornate chest of drawers (1708), woman who is a go-between for another woman in an affair (18th cent.), uses as noun of commode , adjective (see commode adj.).Senses 4a and 4b appear to be innovations within English. With sense 4a perhaps compare French toilette-commode (1864), commode-toilette (1900) chest of drawers with a washbasin fitted in the top. 1. A woman's headdress of a type popular in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, consisting of a tall wire framework covered with silk, lace, or other fabrics, often also having streamers or lappets falling over the shoulders; the wire frame supporting such a headdress. Now historical. Cf. fontange n.In quot. a1718, apparently with reference to the streamers which often formed part of the headdress. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > tall turret1473 high head1580 towerc1612 fontange1685 commodea1687 cop1688 toppingc1690 cock-up1692 a1687 Duke of Buckingham Misc. Wks. (1704) I. 239 At last the Knight..struck off her Commode. a1718 T. Parnell Poems Several Occasions (1721) 142 Long streets and longer Roads Dangling behind her, like commodes. 1730 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) I. 238 They would be as awkward here as if I was to wear a commode. 1845 C. Knight Old Eng. II. iv. iii. 210/1 The ancient beaux and belles of the latter part of the seventeenth century, in peruke and commode—with snuff-box and fan. 1876 J. R. Planché Cycl. Costume I. 130 Commode. A very high head-dress, worn by ladies in the reign of William III., and of which the name was surely satirical, as anything more incommodious could scarcely be invented. 1938 J. C. Spruill Women's Life & Work in Southern Colonies vi. 119 Sometime in the second decade the commode disappeared; the hair was arranged in simple curls close to the head and was surmounted by an ornamental cap. 2013 B. Chico Hats & Headwear around World 183 Its crown was decorated by ruffles of lawn fabric and fluted lace mounted on tiers over a commode or silk-covered wired frame. †2. A woman who procures people as prostitutes or illicit sexual partners for others; = procuress n. 2. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > [noun] > pimping or procuring > procurer of either sex > procuress butcheressa1475 stew1552 bawdress1569 brokeress1582 pander1585 abbess1594 aunt1604 panderess1604 hackney womanc1616 bronstrops1617 procuress1638 provincialc1640 fruit-woman1673 flesh-broker1699 broker-woman1723 commode1725 coupleress1864 hack1864 procureuse1930 1725 C. Cibber Cæsar in Ægypt Epil. Was it not Bold..to..make the Tragic Muse commode to Love? 1753 S. Foote Englishman in Paris i. 23 A pretty Lodging we have hit upon; the Mistress a Commode, and the Master a ——. 1765 Gentleman's & London Mag. June 322/2 Mrs. Loveit, a widow of sixty.., comes to solicit Mrs. Mechlin's assistance for a young husband: the obliging Commode very readily assents. 3. A chest of drawers, cabinet, or chiffonier for use in the bedroom or drawing-room; spec. one of a type originating in France and especially popular in the eighteenth century, typically being roughly waist height, and frequently highly ornate. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > chest of drawers > [noun] > elaborate commode1754 1754 T. Chippendale Gentleman & Cabinet-maker's Director 13 This Commode, made by a skillful workman, and of fine wood, will give great satisfaction. 1786 F. Tytler in Lounger No. 79. ⁋5 A labyrinth of chests of drawers, commodes, cabinets and boxes. 1832 M. R. Mitford Our Village V. 78 An indescribable piece of furniture called a commode, consisting of three drawers of dark mahogany, perched upon long legs, and surmounted by four shelves enclosed within glass doors. 1880 Standard 7 Aug. 8/2 An antique ebony commode on cabriole legs. 1932 Pop. Sci. Monthly Jan. 87/3 From an obsolete but beautiful commode with handsome burl walnut panels, I constructed the Colonial corner cabinet illustrated in Fig. 4. 1960 Life 26 Sept. 36 (advt.) Such variety..cocktail tables, lamp, step, drum tables, commodes, cabinet tables, end and corner tables..almost anything you want. 2015 L. Drutman Business of Amer. is Lobbying ii. 22 The lobbyist lavishing a nineteenth-century Louis Philippe commode..upon a congressman in exchange for government contracts. 4. a. A piece of furniture enclosing or concealing a chamber pot; a close-stool (cf. night commode n. at night n. and int. Compounds 4). Now chiefly: a chair with a chamber pot incorporated into the seat, typically used by invalids and those with restricted mobility. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > sanitation > privy or latrine > [noun] > close-stool or commode privy stool1377 night-chair1404 close-stool1410 stool1410 chamber stool1567 night table1730 night-stool1781 commode1802 Sir John1808 chamber closet1842 chaise percée1939 thunder-box1939 1802 W. Dyott Diary 21 Apr. (1907) I. 198 There is no such thing as a garden or even backyard to any house in Cadiz, and the commode is always at the top of the house. 1815 New Med. & Physical Jrnl. July 95 A commode has been fitted for him in his cabin, as his calls to stool are incessant. 1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 4 Mar. 11/2 At the corner of this passage..is a commode for the use of the women. 1912 Med. Herald Apr. 181/1 If after twelve hours, the puerpera has not passed water.., I have the nurse swing her out of bed, and place her on the commode. 1958 Nursing (St. John Ambulance Assoc.) iv. 50 It is frequently less exhausting and less dangerous to help an ill patient on to a commode beside the bed rather than lift her on to a bedpan. 2001 A. Solomon Noonday Demon (2002) iii. 191 She had become accustomed to a commode, which could be brought to her bedside, and she refused to go the fifteen feet to get to the toilet. b. Chiefly North American. euphemistic. A toilet. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > sanitation > privy or latrine > [noun] > water-closet or lavatory closet1496 water closet1736 water closet1747 throne room1787 W.C.1815 netty1825 convenience1841 Johnny1847 lavabo1852 restrooma1856 small room1858 cloakroom1865 lavatory1874 bathroom1883 toilet1886 can1900 place1902 lav1913 washroom1919 head1920 lavvy1922 dike1923 smallest room1930 John1931 khazi1932 loo1940 biffy1942 Wa1953 shitcan1954 commode1958 cludgie1961 1958 Jet 31 July 48 He made a dash from the living room to the bathroom and swallowed the narcotics after he saw he could not flush the dope down the commode. 1984 Cincinnati Mag. Dec. 87/2 She fell again and hit her head on the commode in the bathroom. 2007 Boating Jan. 72 You can access the commode and sink from the passageway as well as from the master stateroom. Compounds General attributive (in later use chiefly in sense 4), as commode chair, commode pan, etc. ΚΠ 1693 London Gaz. No. 2832/4 A Commode Box with a Head-dress. a1704 T. Brown Legacy for Ladies (1705) 121 Commode-Women in Pater-noster-row busie with their Heads in the Daytime, and Tails in the Evening. 1754 T. Chippendale Gentleman & Cabinet-maker's Director 12 Two French Commode Tables. 1841 Leicester Chron. 5 June (advt.) Two sets of mahogany bed steps, with patent commode pans. 1882 Canad. Patent Office Rec. Apr. 106/1 The combination of the commode seat and the washstand attachment. 1905 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 17 Oct. 1701/2 A commode vessel supported below the mattress. 1951 Times 11 Apr. 5/5 Commode pans and lids, commode stools, commode chairs. 2005 Indianapolis Monthly Sept. 48/2 Two vanity areas with brushed gold fixtures, glazed cabinets in a vanilla color, and separate commode rooms. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online June 2022). † commodeadj. Forms: 1500s–1700s commode, 1600s commade, 1600s comode. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French commode; Latin commodus. Etymology: < (i) Middle French, French commode easy, convenient (1475), (of a person, depreciative) accommodating (1661), and its etymon (ii) classical Latin commodus of full size or weight, convenient, suitable, opportune, timely, favourable, advantageous, desirable, agreeable, obliging < com- com- prefix + modus mode n.Compare Catalan còmode (16th cent.), Spanish cómodo (14th cent.), Portuguese cômodo (16th cent.), Italian comodo (14th cent.). Obsolete. 1. Convenient, suitable, opportune. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > convenience > [adjective] i-tasea1000 queemlOE gainc1330 conablea1340 convenientc1374 covenablec1380 convenable1421 conveniable1432 comenablea1500 commodious1541 necessary1541 commode1549 commoditious1574 dexterous1605 commoditous1621 friendly1713 clever1757 convenience1961 the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > [adjective] goodeOE rightOE queemlOE belonglOE behovingc1175 limplyc1200 tidefula1300 avenantc1300 mackc1330 worthy1340 hemea1350 convenientc1374 seemlya1375 shapelyc1374 ablea1382 cordant1382 meetc1385 accordable1386 accordinga1387 appurtenantc1386 pertinentc1390 accordanta1393 likea1393 setea1400 throa1400 agreeablec1425 habilec1425 suitly1426 competentc1430 suiting1431 fitc1440 proportionablec1443 justc1450 congruent?a1475 cordinga1475 congruec1475 afferant1480 belonging1483 cordable1485 hovable1508 attainanta1513 accommodate1525 agreeing1533 respondent1533 opportunate?1541 appropriate1544 commode1549 familiar1553 apt1563 pliant1565 liable1570 sortly1570 competible1586 sortable1586 fitty1589 accommodable1592 congruable1603 affining1606 feated1606 suity1607 reputable1611 suited1613 idoneousa1615 matchable1614 suitablea1616 congruous1631 fitten1642 responsal1647 appropriated1651 adapt1658 mack-like1672 squared1698 homogeneous1708 applicable1711 unforeign1718 fitted1736 congenial1738 assorted1790 accommodatable1874 OK1925 1549 W. Paget Let. 24 July in Camden Misc. (1974) XXV. 70 Thentreteynement of thamitie as a thing necessarie and commode to both the parties. 1688 A. Behn Oroonoko 169 We were Dress'd, so as is most comode for the hot Countries. 1740 H. Walpole Let. 9 July in Corr. (1974) XXXVII. 68 A vast palace..vastly commode especially to the cicisbeo-part of mankind. 1790 C. Dibdin Coll. of Songs I. 225 The time most commode of all others to take. 2. Usually depreciative. Of a person: acquiescent; accommodating. Sometimes with to.Common in the 18th cent. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > lack of principle or integrity > [adjective] > accessible to corruption commode1674 pliable1863 society > authority > subjection > obedience > manageability > [adjective] > compliant ablec1384 obedientc1400 supplec1405 accordinga1425 plianta1425 serviablea1425 appliable1449 bowablec1449 applicant?c1500 pliablea1513 applying?1529 flexible?1531 maniablea1604 correspondenta1616 compliable1641 compliant1642 complaisant1647 flexile1651 complacential1658 complying1668 commode1674 complaisential1689 applicable1702 complacent1790 unprotesting1792 1674 H. J. tr. C. V. de Saint-Réal Don Carlos 37 He became insensibly as commode [Fr. commode] as till then he had been troublesome. 1722 R. Steele Conscious Lovers v. 59 One of those Commode Ladies, who lend out Beauty, for Hire. 1728 C. Cibber Vanbrugh's Provok'd Husband iv. i. 71 So Sir! am not I very commode to you? 1785 J. O'Keeffe Fontainbleau iii. 64 Lap.: She may give you von you know; von can't ruin her. Henry: Very commode indeed! This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2020). commodev. Brit. /kəˈməʊd/, U.S. /kəˈmoʊd/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin commodāre. Etymology: < classical Latin commodāre to lend, hire, to provide, give, to be accommodating, help, oblige, to suit < commodus commode adj. Compare earlier commode adj., and also earlier commodate v.With sense 1 compare Italian comodare (1502), in the same sense. With sense 2 compare Middle French comoder (1409), in the same sense. In sense 3 after accommodate v. 3a. 1. transitive. Frequently in passive. †a. To equip or provide (esp. a building) with something regarded as suitable or appropriate. Obsolete.In earliest use as past participle in well commoded. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > supply > provide or supply (something) [verb (transitive)] > provide or supply (a person or thing) with anything > with what is suitable accommodate1582 suit1590 mate1594 commode1636 1636 in P. H. Brown Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1905) 2nd Ser. VI. 606 Finding the same [kirk] not weill commoded with seates and deskes for the ease of the parochiners. 1665 J. Webb Vindic. Stone-Heng (1725) 37 Modern Architects..have thought fit to commode every Order of Columns with a proportionate Pedestal. 1694 R. Franck Northern Mem. 227 In the Center [of Newark]..stands a Market-house, piazza'd or bolstred up with Wooden Props, commoded with a Roof of Lead and Tile. b. To supply or provide (a person) with something needed or desired. Cf. accommodate v. 3b. Now rare (archaic in later use). ΚΠ 1646 J. Brinsley Araignm. Present Schism 46 Suppose a travellour in his journey..cannot be commoded with diet or lodging but in a profane Inne or Alehouse, may hee not therefore take in there? 1694 R. Franck Northern Mem. 140 I recovered a Meadow, which generously commoded me with a Hauthorn-bush that Nature had planted by the River side. 1802 M. Charlton Wife & Mistress III. iii. 62 Mrs Maunder confessed, that..she should be glad to be commoded with a part of her wages. 1946 G. J. Nathan in N.Y. Jrnl.-Amer. 26 Aug. 13/1 Having subtly hinted that the conversational atmosphere was far from unconducive to another bottle of beer.., and having been appropriately commoded with it, I bade my friend proceed. †2. transitive. To suit; to meet the requirements of. Obsolete (archaic in later use). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > suit or be suitable for [verb (transitive)] suit1431 queemc1540 fita1586 sort1587 suit1600 to level (a person or thing) with (now rare), to, unto1603 to comply with1626 opportunea1634 commodiate1641 commode1655 lend1854 1655 W. Gostelow Charls Stuart & Oliver Cromwel United 5 So conveniently is it situate, naturally affording the delights and good accommodations, that may best commode, serve and adorne an University. 1694 R. Franck Northern Mem. 57 By Noon..the Tide will commode us for our Northern Passage. 1784 Vermont Jrnl. & Universal Advertiser 28 Apr. 3/2 It appears..that the times for holding the county courts in the county of Orange, does not commode the inhabitants of said county. 1870 H. A. Bragg Tekel xxv. 251 If it would commode you, I will come down to Creswood for her. †3. transitive. To put in order, repair. Cf. accommodate v. 3a. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > paving and road-building > pave or build roads [verb (transitive)] > repair roads commode1766 1766 Ann. Reg. 1765 Projects 170/2 It would help to preserve and commode the roads. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1687adj.1549v.1636
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