† companableadj.

Forms: Middle English compaignable, Middle English companabile, Middle English compaygnable, Middle English compaynable, Middle English compenabull, Middle English compenabyll, Middle English compeynable, Middle English compynabil, Middle English compynable, Middle English–1500s compinable, Middle English–1600s compenable, Middle English–1700s companable, 1500s compagnable, 1500s coumpinable, 1500s cumpynable, 1500s cumpynabul. See also companiable adj.

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

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman compainable, cumpenable, Anglo-Norman and Middle French compaignable, Middle French compagnable, compaingnable affable, sociable, companionable (beginning of the 13th cent. or earlier in Old French; French †compagnable ) < compagnier , compaignier , compaingnier company v. + -able -able suffix. Compare later companiable adj. and see discussion at that entry.Ostensible later examples such as the following probably show errors for companionable adj. or companiable adj.:1897 Med. Bull. Mar. 96/1 It is quite probable that the society of companable friends served to draw his attention away from himself.1966 Terre Haute (Indiana) Star 5 Aug. 12/7 You shared your vacation with one or more companable persons.

Obsolete.

Sociable, friendly, companionable.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > social intercourse or companionship > [adjective] > sociable

companablea1387

familiarc1425

fellowlyc1425

companiable1440

fellowable1440

fellowlikec1454

accompanable1548

sociable1573

companionable1593

associable1611

conversablea1684

social1698

easy1714

gregarious1789

aggregative1837

company keeping1839

folksy1852

oncoming1925

mixy1942

outgoing1950

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1872) IV. 327 Compynable among hem self [L. inter se sociales].

c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Shipman's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 4 Compaignable [c1425 Petworth companable] and reuelous was she.

a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle Psalter (Univ. Oxf. 64) (1884) lxxvii. §56. 286 The ded of the first born is losynge of rightwisnes thurgh the whilke ilkan is companabile [?c1400 Sidney Sussex compynabil] til mannys kynde.

c1500 Sir Corneus in M. M. Furrow Ten 15th-cent. Comic Poems (1985) 284 Ther wyues hath be merchandabull And of þer ware compenabull.

a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 9 Lyvyng togyddur in a cumpynabul lyfe.

1607 T. Walkington Optick Glasse xv. f. 80 His gratious and compenable, and vertuous mind.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Accompagnable, companable, sociable.

Derivatives

companableness n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > social intercourse or companionship > [noun] > quality of being companionable

companablenessa1586

companiableness1634

companionablenessa1674

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. xviii. sig. Aa6^v His words [full] of hartie companablenesse.

1770 Bp. J. Hall's Contemplations (new ed.) III. iv. xv. 322 His retiredness was for prayer, his companableness [1634 companiablenesse, 1759 society] was for preaching.

companably adv. [after Middle French compaignablement in a community (14th cent.)]

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > social intercourse or companionship > [adverb] > in a companionable manner

companably1483

companionablya1674

1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende f. cccxxxiii^v/2 To lyue..compaynably [Fr. compaignablement] contynently, and humbly.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	companable
释义	† companableadj. Forms: Middle English compaignable, Middle English companabile, Middle English compaygnable, Middle English compaynable, Middle English compenabull, Middle English compenabyll, Middle English compeynable, Middle English compynabil, Middle English compynable, Middle English–1500s compinable, Middle English–1600s compenable, Middle English–1700s companable, 1500s compagnable, 1500s coumpinable, 1500s cumpynable, 1500s cumpynabul. See also companiable adj. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French compainable. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman compainable, cumpenable, Anglo-Norman and Middle French compaignable, Middle French compagnable, compaingnable affable, sociable, companionable (beginning of the 13th cent. or earlier in Old French; French †compagnable ) < compagnier , compaignier , compaingnier company v. + -able -able suffix. Compare later companiable adj. and see discussion at that entry.Ostensible later examples such as the following probably show errors for companionable adj. or companiable adj.:1897 Med. Bull. Mar. 96/1 It is quite probable that the society of companable friends served to draw his attention away from himself.1966 Terre Haute (Indiana) Star 5 Aug. 12/7 You shared your vacation with one or more companable persons. Obsolete. Sociable, friendly, companionable. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > social intercourse or companionship > [adjective] > sociable companablea1387 familiarc1425 fellowlyc1425 companiable1440 fellowable1440 fellowlikec1454 accompanable1548 sociable1573 companionable1593 associable1611 conversablea1684 social1698 easy1714 gregarious1789 aggregative1837 company keeping1839 folksy1852 oncoming1925 mixy1942 outgoing1950 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1872) IV. 327 Compynable among hem self [L. inter se sociales]. c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Shipman's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 4 Compaignable [c1425 Petworth companable] and reuelous was she. a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle Psalter (Univ. Oxf. 64) (1884) lxxvii. §56. 286 The ded of the first born is losynge of rightwisnes thurgh the whilke ilkan is companabile [?c1400 Sidney Sussex compynabil] til mannys kynde. c1500 Sir Corneus in M. M. Furrow Ten 15th-cent. Comic Poems (1985) 284 Ther wyues hath be merchandabull And of þer ware compenabull. a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 9 Lyvyng togyddur in a cumpynabul lyfe. 1607 T. Walkington Optick Glasse xv. f. 80 His gratious and compenable, and vertuous mind. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Accompagnable, companable, sociable. Derivatives companableness n. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > social intercourse or companionship > [noun] > quality of being companionable companablenessa1586 companiableness1634 companionablenessa1674 a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. xviii. sig. Aa6^v His words [full] of hartie companablenesse. 1770 Bp. J. Hall's Contemplations (new ed.) III. iv. xv. 322 His retiredness was for prayer, his companableness [1634 companiablenesse, 1759 society] was for preaching. companably adv. [after Middle French compaignablement in a community (14th cent.)] ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > social intercourse or companionship > [adverb] > in a companionable manner companably1483 companionablya1674 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende f. cccxxxiii^v/2 To lyue..compaynably [Fr. compaignablement] contynently, and humbly. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.a1387
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