compoundableadj.

Etymology: < compound v. + -able suffix.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: comˈpoundable.

†1. Accordable, agreeable. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Accordable, compoundable, accordable, agreeable.

2. Capable of being compounded or combined.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being combined > [adjective] > combined > capable of being

sociable1593

compoundable1682

combinable1749

amalgamable1835

integrable1855

the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > morphology > word-formation > [adjective] > compound > capable of being compounded

compoundable1803

1682 N. Grew Of Mixture i. iii. §12 in Anat. Plants 227 Bodies... Many, and compoundable infinite ways.

1803 W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. 13 113 Gothic words..are..far more flexible and compoundable than those of southern origin.

1870 E. A. Abbott Shakespearian Gram. (new ed.) §432 Hence ‘blame’..was considered compoundable with another adjective.

3. Capable of being commuted for money.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > punishment > fine > [adjective] > that can be commuted for money

compoundable1860

1860 C. Dickens Uncommerc. Traveller in All Year Round 30 June 274/2 A penalty of..five pounds, compoundable for a term of imprisonment.

1883 Sir L. Griffin in Fortn. Rev. 1 Oct. 489 Every offence is ordinarily compoundable for money.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	compoundable
释义	compoundableadj. Etymology: < compound v. + -able suffix.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: comˈpoundable. †1. Accordable, agreeable. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Accordable, compoundable, accordable, agreeable. 2. Capable of being compounded or combined. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being combined > [adjective] > combined > capable of being sociable1593 compoundable1682 combinable1749 amalgamable1835 integrable1855 the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > morphology > word-formation > [adjective] > compound > capable of being compounded compoundable1803 1682 N. Grew Of Mixture i. iii. §12 in Anat. Plants 227 Bodies... Many, and compoundable infinite ways. 1803 W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. 13 113 Gothic words..are..far more flexible and compoundable than those of southern origin. 1870 E. A. Abbott Shakespearian Gram. (new ed.) §432 Hence ‘blame’..was considered compoundable with another adjective. 3. Capable of being commuted for money. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > fine > [adjective] > that can be commuted for money compoundable1860 1860 C. Dickens Uncommerc. Traveller in All Year Round 30 June 274/2 A penalty of..five pounds, compoundable for a term of imprisonment. 1883 Sir L. Griffin in Fortn. Rev. 1 Oct. 489 Every offence is ordinarily compoundable for money. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < adj.1611
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