contemplableadj.

Brit.

/kənˈtɛmpləbl/, U.S.

/kənˈtɛmpləb(ə)l/

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

Etymology: < post-classical Latin contemplabilis visible (4th cent.), able to be contemplated (13th cent. in a British source) < classical Latin contemplārī contemplate v. + -bilis -ble suffix.

That can be contemplated (in various senses of contemplate v.).

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > visibility > [adjective] > surveyable or inspectable

contemplablec1443

watchable1611

viewable1632

surveyable1658

inspectable1815

scannable1936

c1443 R. Pecock Reule of Crysten Religioun (1927) 11 He schal ramble and wandre, seching hym silf now in oon kinde, now in an oþer kynde, of contemplable maters.

1592 R. Dallington tr. F. Colonna Hypnerotomachia f. 90 The braunches of Amethist, to the sight most beautifull, and to the vnderstanding woonderfull contemplable [It. contemplabile].

1638 O. Feltham Let. to W. Johnson in Lusoria (1670) 83 To them he [sc. God] was not in himself contemplable.

1729 W. Smith Literæ de Re Nummaria 102 'Twill rise no higher than 714 l. English, a contemplable Price.

a1834 S. T. Coleridge Lit. Remains (1838) III. 320 This is the first negative definition of spiritual—whatever having true being is not contemplable in the forms of time and space.

1858 Rambler May 348 To contemplate with the eyes what hitherto we had supposed to be only contemplable with the intellect.

1923 Internat. Jrnl. Ethics 33 214 This Ego is thinking in act, not something contemplated or contemplable.

2007 E. Rothstein Gleaning Modernity v. 188 The pattern of Clarissa's life requires closure, the making of the self into a contemplable work.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	contemplable
释义	contemplableadj. Brit. /kənˈtɛmpləbl/, U.S. /kənˈtɛmpləb(ə)l/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin contemplabilis. Etymology: < post-classical Latin contemplabilis visible (4th cent.), able to be contemplated (13th cent. in a British source) < classical Latin contemplārī contemplate v. + -bilis -ble suffix. That can be contemplated (in various senses of contemplate v.). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > visibility > [adjective] > surveyable or inspectable contemplablec1443 watchable1611 viewable1632 surveyable1658 inspectable1815 scannable1936 c1443 R. Pecock Reule of Crysten Religioun (1927) 11 He schal ramble and wandre, seching hym silf now in oon kinde, now in an oþer kynde, of contemplable maters. 1592 R. Dallington tr. F. Colonna Hypnerotomachia f. 90 The braunches of Amethist, to the sight most beautifull, and to the vnderstanding woonderfull contemplable [It. contemplabile]. 1638 O. Feltham Let. to W. Johnson in Lusoria (1670) 83 To them he [sc. God] was not in himself contemplable. 1729 W. Smith Literæ de Re Nummaria 102 'Twill rise no higher than 714 l. English, a contemplable Price. a1834 S. T. Coleridge Lit. Remains (1838) III. 320 This is the first negative definition of spiritual—whatever having true being is not contemplable in the forms of time and space. 1858 Rambler May 348 To contemplate with the eyes what hitherto we had supposed to be only contemplable with the intellect. 1923 Internat. Jrnl. Ethics 33 214 This Ego is thinking in act, not something contemplated or contemplable. 2007 E. Rothstein Gleaning Modernity v. 188 The pattern of Clarissa's life requires closure, the making of the self into a contemplable work. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.c1443
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