† comenableadj.

Forms:

α. Middle English comunabil, Middle English comunable.

β. Middle English comynable, Middle English 1700s comenable.

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: covenable adj.

Etymology: Variant of covenable adj., probably at least partly (especially in α. forms) as a result of association with common adj. and related words. Compare comenaunt n., communably adv.

Obsolete.

Convenient; appropriate; becoming. Cf. convenable adj.¹, covenable adj.

ΘΚΠ

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

methelyeOE

ylikeeOE

fairOE

i-meteOE

rightOE

becomelyc1175

proper?c1225

featc1325

conablea1340

rightful1340

worthyc1350

pursuanda1375

covenable1382

dignec1385

convenablec1386

thriftyc1386

sittingc1390

comenablea1400

gainlya1400

meeta1400

wortha1400

convenientc1400

meetlya1425

suinga1425

fitc1440

tallc1440

worthyc1450

good1477

dueful?a1527

beseeminga1530

fitting1535

straighta1538

decent1539

answerable1542

becoming1565

condecent1575

becomed1599

respective1605

befittinga1612

comely1617

decorous1664

shape-like1672

beseemly1737

farrantly?1748

fitly1840

in order1850

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

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 10122 Þar þe castel standes stable And cherite es comunable [Gött. comunabil, Trin. Cambr. couenabul, Fairf. covenable].

a1400 in K. W. Engeroff Untersuchung ‘Usages of Winchester’ (1914) 48 Weche..sholde to þe comenable somaunse of þe forseyde meyre come.

a1500 (?a1450) Gesta Romanorum (BL Add. 9066) (1879) 378 A Comenable tyme is not yete comyn.

1700 G. Booth tr. Diodorus Siculus Hist. Libr. xiii. ii. 310 It is certainly a most comenable thing, to lay the first Foundation of Friendship..by shewing of Mercy.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	comenable
释义	† comenableadj. Forms: α. Middle English comunabil, Middle English comunable. β. Middle English comynable, Middle English 1700s comenable. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: covenable adj. Etymology: Variant of covenable adj., probably at least partly (especially in α. forms) as a result of association with common adj. and related words. Compare comenaunt n., communably adv. Obsolete. Convenient; appropriate; becoming. Cf. convenable adj.¹, covenable adj. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > [adjective] > fitting or proper methelyeOE ylikeeOE fairOE i-meteOE rightOE becomelyc1175 proper?c1225 featc1325 conablea1340 rightful1340 worthyc1350 pursuanda1375 covenable1382 dignec1385 convenablec1386 thriftyc1386 sittingc1390 comenablea1400 gainlya1400 meeta1400 wortha1400 convenientc1400 meetlya1425 suinga1425 fitc1440 tallc1440 worthyc1450 good1477 dueful?a1527 beseeminga1530 fitting1535 straighta1538 decent1539 answerable1542 becoming1565 condecent1575 becomed1599 respective1605 befittinga1612 comely1617 decorous1664 shape-like1672 beseemly1737 farrantly?1748 fitly1840 in order1850 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 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 10122 Þar þe castel standes stable And cherite es comunable [Gött. comunabil, Trin. Cambr. couenabul, Fairf. covenable]. a1400 in K. W. Engeroff Untersuchung ‘Usages of Winchester’ (1914) 48 Weche..sholde to þe comenable somaunse of þe forseyde meyre come. a1500 (?a1450) Gesta Romanorum (BL Add. 9066) (1879) 378 A Comenable tyme is not yete comyn. 1700 G. Booth tr. Diodorus Siculus Hist. Libr. xiii. ii. 310 It is certainly a most comenable thing, to lay the first Foundation of Friendship..by shewing of Mercy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.a1400
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