culpableadj.n.

/ˈkʌlpəb(ə)l/

Forms: Middle English coupable, (Middle English coupabile, coupaple, cupabil, Middle English cowpable), Middle English culpabil(l, Middle English–1500s coulpable, Middle English– culpable.

Etymology: Middle English coupable, < Old French coupable (cop-, coulpable, culpable, etc.) guilty < Latin culpābilis blameworthy, < culpa fault, blame. The Old French was regularly reduced to coupable in 13th cent., but was frequently written culpable after Latin in 14th cent., coulpable in 16th cent.; the latinized form has in English been established both in spelling and pronunciation.

A. adj.

a. Guilty, criminal; deserving punishment or condemnation. Obsolete (or blended with sense A. 2)

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > guilt > [adjective]

shildyOE

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society > morality > moral evil > guilt > [adjective]

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1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 1331 Ȝyf þou..Fordost pore mannys sustynaunce Þat aftyrwarde he may nat lyve Þou art coupable.

1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xvii. 300 Any creature þat is coupable afor a kynges iustice.

1483 W. Caxton tr. Caton E j b How be it that they ben gylty and culpable.

1573 Bp. of Peterborough in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. ii. 196 III. 35 If thei be able justelie..to finde him culpable.

1654 J. Bramhall Just Vindic. Church of Eng. ii. 22 Meer Schisme..a culpable rupture or breach of the Catholick communion.

1778 R. Lowth Isaiah (ed. 12) Notes 343 The inflictor of the punishment may perhaps be as culpable as the sufferer.

1844 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece VIII. lxii. 151 He was considered at Thebes as culpable.

b. Const. of, †in (an offence, sin, wrong, etc.).

ΚΠ

a1340 R. Rolle Psalter xxxiv. 13 Þai wild haf made me culpabil of syn.

c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 312 We ben coupable in þis synne.

1428 Surtees Misc. (1890) 8 He was gylty and coulpabyll of all y^e trespasse.

?1542 H. Brinkelow Complaynt Roderyck Mors iii. sig. B3^v What can the pore wyfe..do witthall, being not culpable in the cryme?

1653 H. Cogan tr. F. M. Pinto Voy. & Adventures lvi. 220 They had found themselves culpable of gluttony.

1839 G. P. R. James Louis XIV I. 222 The greatest crime of which a man could render himself culpable.

†c. culpable of (punishment, death, judgement, etc.): deserving, liable to. Also, culpable to be judged, etc. (see first quot.).

ΚΠ

c1380 Eng. Wycliffite Serm. in Sel. Wks. I. 16 Sich is coupable aȝens God to be jugid to helle.

c1380 Eng. Wycliffite Serm. in Sel. Wks. I. 16 Þat man, as Crist seiþ, is coupable of þe fier of helle.

c1450 Mirour Saluacioun 4570 He is of the deth coupable.

1557 Bible (Whittingham) Matt. v. 21 Whosoeuer killeth, shal be culpable of iudgement.

1612 T. Taylor Αρχὴν Ἁπάντων: Comm. Epist. Paul to Titus i. 7 Culpable of iudgement.

1612 W. Sclater Ministers Portion 45 [Which] makes the offender culpable of death.

a. Deserving blame or censure, blameworthy.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > blame > [adjective] > blameworthy

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c1386 G. Chaucer Melibeus ⁋575 Þe lawe saith þat he is coupable þat entremettith him or mellith him with such þing as aperteyneþ not vnto him.]

1604 R. Cawdrey Table Alphabet. Culpable, blame worthy, guiltie.

1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan i. viii. 33 What circumstances make an action laudable, or culpable.

1789 W. Belsham Ess. I. i. 7 Those inclinations..they know to be highly culpable and unworthy.

1875 J. C. Curtis Elem. Hist. Eng. 146 With great and culpable disregard to the public weal.

b. Artistically faulty or censurable. rare.

ΚΠ

1768 W. Gilpin Ess. Prints 2 It [a print] may have an agreeable effect as a whole, and yet be very culpable in its parts.

1853 J. Ruskin Stones of Venice III. i. 26 To show the culpableness..of our common modes of decoration by painted imitation of various woods or marbles.

†B. n.

A guilty person, a culprit. Obsolete. [So French coupable.]

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > guilt > guilty person > [noun]

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wite1513

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misdemeanant1886

society > morality > moral evil > guilt > [noun] > guilty person

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1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 411/3 He punysshed the culpables.

c1500 Lyfe Roberte Deuyll 720 in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. (1864) I. 247 Euery vnthryftye culpable.

1651 tr. F. de Quintana Hist. Don Fenise 209 If he could discover the infamous culpable.

1742 R. North & M. North Life F. North 283 Those only who were the Culpables.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	culpable
释义	culpableadj.n. /ˈkʌlpəb(ə)l/ Forms: Middle English coupable, (Middle English coupabile, coupaple, cupabil, Middle English cowpable), Middle English culpabil(l, Middle English–1500s coulpable, Middle English– culpable. Etymology: Middle English coupable, < Old French coupable (cop-, coulpable, culpable, etc.) guilty < Latin culpābilis blameworthy, < culpa fault, blame. The Old French was regularly reduced to coupable in 13th cent., but was frequently written culpable after Latin in 14th cent., coulpable in 16th cent.; the latinized form has in English been established both in spelling and pronunciation. A. adj. 1. a. Guilty, criminal; deserving punishment or condemnation. Obsolete (or blended with sense A. 2) ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > guilt > [adjective] shildyOE sakeda1300 sakfula1300 culpable1303 faulty1380 plightya1400 defective1423 criminousa1460 criminal1489 wity1530 nocent1559 delinquent1584 faultful1591 obnoxious1604 noxiousa1618 guiltful1655 society > morality > moral evil > guilt > [adjective] guiltyc1000 sakeda1300 sakfula1300 culpable1303 faulty1380 plightfula1400 plightya1400 defective1423 criminousa1460 criminal1489 nocent1559 delinquent1584 faultful1591 obnoxious1604 noxiousa1618 guiltful1655 1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 1331 Ȝyf þou..Fordost pore mannys sustynaunce Þat aftyrwarde he may nat lyve Þou art coupable. 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xvii. 300 Any creature þat is coupable afor a kynges iustice. 1483 W. Caxton tr. Caton E j b How be it that they ben gylty and culpable. 1573 Bp. of Peterborough in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. ii. 196 III. 35 If thei be able justelie..to finde him culpable. 1654 J. Bramhall Just Vindic. Church of Eng. ii. 22 Meer Schisme..a culpable rupture or breach of the Catholick communion. 1778 R. Lowth Isaiah (ed. 12) Notes 343 The inflictor of the punishment may perhaps be as culpable as the sufferer. 1844 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece VIII. lxii. 151 He was considered at Thebes as culpable. b. Const. of, †in (an offence, sin, wrong, etc.). ΚΠ a1340 R. Rolle Psalter xxxiv. 13 Þai wild haf made me culpabil of syn. c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 312 We ben coupable in þis synne. 1428 Surtees Misc. (1890) 8 He was gylty and coulpabyll of all y^e trespasse. ?1542 H. Brinkelow Complaynt Roderyck Mors iii. sig. B3^v What can the pore wyfe..do witthall, being not culpable in the cryme? 1653 H. Cogan tr. F. M. Pinto Voy. & Adventures lvi. 220 They had found themselves culpable of gluttony. 1839 G. P. R. James Louis XIV I. 222 The greatest crime of which a man could render himself culpable. †c. culpable of (punishment, death, judgement, etc.): deserving, liable to. Also, culpable to be judged, etc. (see first quot.). ΚΠ c1380 Eng. Wycliffite Serm. in Sel. Wks. I. 16 Sich is coupable aȝens God to be jugid to helle. c1380 Eng. Wycliffite Serm. in Sel. Wks. I. 16 Þat man, as Crist seiþ, is coupable of þe fier of helle. c1450 Mirour Saluacioun 4570 He is of the deth coupable. 1557 Bible (Whittingham) Matt. v. 21 Whosoeuer killeth, shal be culpable of iudgement. 1612 T. Taylor Αρχὴν Ἁπάντων: Comm. Epist. Paul to Titus i. 7 Culpable of iudgement. 1612 W. Sclater Ministers Portion 45 [Which] makes the offender culpable of death. 2. a. Deserving blame or censure, blameworthy. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > blame > [adjective] > blameworthy to lackc1330 faulty1380 blameable1387 blameworthy1387 blamefulc1430 accusablea1525 wity1530 faultworthy1586 demeritorious1593 culpable1604 obnoxious1604 taxable1610 c1386 G. Chaucer Melibeus ⁋575 Þe lawe saith þat he is coupable þat entremettith him or mellith him with such þing as aperteyneþ not vnto him.] 1604 R. Cawdrey Table Alphabet. Culpable, blame worthy, guiltie. 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan i. viii. 33 What circumstances make an action laudable, or culpable. 1789 W. Belsham Ess. I. i. 7 Those inclinations..they know to be highly culpable and unworthy. 1875 J. C. Curtis Elem. Hist. Eng. 146 With great and culpable disregard to the public weal. b. Artistically faulty or censurable. rare. ΚΠ 1768 W. Gilpin Ess. Prints 2 It [a print] may have an agreeable effect as a whole, and yet be very culpable in its parts. 1853 J. Ruskin Stones of Venice III. i. 26 To show the culpableness..of our common modes of decoration by painted imitation of various woods or marbles. †B. n. A guilty person, a culprit. Obsolete. [So French coupable.] ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > guilt > guilty person > [noun] nocent1447 culpable1483 wite1513 guilty1550 misdemeanant1886 society > morality > moral evil > guilt > [noun] > guilty person nocent1447 culpable1483 guilty1550 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 411/3 He punysshed the culpables. c1500 Lyfe Roberte Deuyll 720 in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. (1864) I. 247 Euery vnthryftye culpable. 1651 tr. F. de Quintana Hist. Don Fenise 209 If he could discover the infamous culpable. 1742 R. North & M. North Life F. North 283 Those only who were the Culpables. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.n.1303
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