dirigibleadj.n.

/ˈdɪrɪdʒɪb(ə)l/

Forms: Also 1600s derigible, 1800s dirigeable.

Etymology: < Latin type *dīrigibilis , < dīrigĕre to direct v. Compare modern French dirigeable.

A. adj.

Capable of being directed or guided.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > obedience > manageability > [adjective] > able to be ruled, governed, or controlled

rulablec1449

dirigible1588

controllablea1600

directivea1616

governable1635

commandable1646

society > travel > air or space travel > ballooning > [adjective] > capable of being directed or controlled

dirigible1881

directable1884

society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > balloons and airships > [adjective] > that can be steered

navigable1783

dirigible1881

society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > naval weapons and equipment > [adjective] > torpedoes

dirigible1887

1588 W. Lambarde Eirenarcha (new ed.) i. x. 62 It would auayle greatly to the furtherance of the Service, if the Dedimus potestatem to giue these Oaths were dirigible to the Iustices (and none other).

1649 E. Reynolds Israels Prayer (new ed.) vii. 119 The proper conclusions deducible from these principles, and derigible unto those ends.

1688 J. Norris Theory & Regulation Love ii. i. 63 Why love as Dirigible is made the subject of Morality rather than understanding.

1833 W. Hamilton in Edinb. Rev. Apr. 209 Intellectual operations..in so far as they were dirigible, or the subject of laws.

1881 Sat. Rev. 51 110/1 For eighteen years..no attempt was made to render balloons dirigible.

1884 Cassell's Family Mag. 764 The balloon was dirigeable.

1887 St. Jas'. Gaz. 23 Sept. 5 A greater speed than has yet been attained by any other dirigible torpedo.

B. n.

A dirigible balloon or airship. Also transferred. (Cf. French dirigeable n.)

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > balloons and airships > [noun] > airship

ship1679

airship1817

air sailor1834

navigable1882

dirigible1885

Zeppelin1896

aeronat1903

steerable1908

Zepp1914

vessel1915

1885 Sci. Amer. 26 Dec. 405/1 He has devised two systems of dirigible balloons... The first of these, the independent dirigible, is of much the greater importance.

1907 Daily Chron. 26 July 5/6 He had been up in a captive balloon, but never before in a dirigible.

1910 Daily Mail 6 June 8/1 Night-flying dirigibles.

1927 Glasgow Herald 28 Apr. 15 A new dictionary of air terms has been compiled... So far as England is concerned, the word ‘dirigible’ will disappear and only ‘airship’ remain.

1953 J. Y. Cousteau Silent World i. 96 (caption) Auguste Piccard, inventor of the Bathyscaphe, the undersea dirigible, tries aqualunging at Dakar.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	dirigible
释义	dirigibleadj.n. /ˈdɪrɪdʒɪb(ə)l/ Forms: Also 1600s derigible, 1800s dirigeable. Etymology: < Latin type dīrigibilis , < dīrigĕre* to direct v. Compare modern French dirigeable. A. adj. Capable of being directed or guided. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > obedience > manageability > [adjective] > able to be ruled, governed, or controlled rulablec1449 dirigible1588 controllablea1600 directivea1616 governable1635 commandable1646 society > travel > air or space travel > ballooning > [adjective] > capable of being directed or controlled dirigible1881 directable1884 society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > balloons and airships > [adjective] > that can be steered navigable1783 dirigible1881 society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > naval weapons and equipment > [adjective] > torpedoes dirigible1887 1588 W. Lambarde Eirenarcha (new ed.) i. x. 62 It would auayle greatly to the furtherance of the Service, if the Dedimus potestatem to giue these Oaths were dirigible to the Iustices (and none other). 1649 E. Reynolds Israels Prayer (new ed.) vii. 119 The proper conclusions deducible from these principles, and derigible unto those ends. 1688 J. Norris Theory & Regulation Love ii. i. 63 Why love as Dirigible is made the subject of Morality rather than understanding. 1833 W. Hamilton in Edinb. Rev. Apr. 209 Intellectual operations..in so far as they were dirigible, or the subject of laws. 1881 Sat. Rev. 51 110/1 For eighteen years..no attempt was made to render balloons dirigible. 1884 Cassell's Family Mag. 764 The balloon was dirigeable. 1887 St. Jas'. Gaz. 23 Sept. 5 A greater speed than has yet been attained by any other dirigible torpedo. B. n. A dirigible balloon or airship. Also transferred. (Cf. French dirigeable n.) ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > balloons and airships > [noun] > airship ship1679 airship1817 air sailor1834 navigable1882 dirigible1885 Zeppelin1896 aeronat1903 steerable1908 Zepp1914 vessel1915 1885 Sci. Amer. 26 Dec. 405/1 He has devised two systems of dirigible balloons... The first of these, the independent dirigible, is of much the greater importance. 1907 Daily Chron. 26 July 5/6 He had been up in a captive balloon, but never before in a dirigible. 1910 Daily Mail 6 June 8/1 Night-flying dirigibles. 1927 Glasgow Herald 28 Apr. 15 A new dictionary of air terms has been compiled... So far as England is concerned, the word ‘dirigible’ will disappear and only ‘airship’ remain. 1953 J. Y. Cousteau Silent World i. 96 (caption) Auguste Piccard, inventor of the Bathyscaphe, the undersea dirigible, tries aqualunging at Dakar. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.n.1588
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