单词 | animability |
释义 | † animabilityn. Obsolete. The ability to experience sensations characteristic of life.Apparently an isolated use. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [noun] > vigour or liveliness > capable of becoming animability1814 1814 W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. 74 393 It is by accustoming the whole soul to rush with every idea into the appertaining fibre of the frame, that an animability of body is acquired (if we may coin a word,)—a ductile vivacity of feeling,—a susceptibility to various affections,—a voluntary glow of emotion. 1873 F. Hall Mod. Eng. v. 152 (note) Taylor's own coinages..dwindle..to a meagre list indeed... Here is a sample of some of the more extraordinary among them: ancestrial, animability, anniverse, [etc.].] This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < n.1814 |
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