findableadj.

Brit.

/ˈfʌɪndəbl/, U.S.

/ˈfaɪndəb(ə)l/

Forms: see find v. and -able suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: find v., -able suffix.

Etymology: < find v. + -able suffix.

That may be found (in various senses of find v.).In recent use esp. with reference to the use of online search engines.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > finding or discovery > [adjective] > found or discovered > able to be

findablec1443

reperible?a1475

discoverable1572

repertible1656

c1443 R. Pecock Reule of Crysten Religioun (1927) 424 (MED) Al þat is to be tauȝt..is bi vs silf fyndeable and knowable þoruȝ labour of oure kindely resoun.

c1454 R. Pecock Folewer to Donet 34 (MED) Þis discrecioun now tauȝt and rehercid is so fyndable in resoun to be trewe þat [etc.].

1624 A. Logie Cum Bono Deo iii. 16 What is found wanting, or is not findable in a physicall bodie, is ill required and sought for in a mysticall.

a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) i. 75 I return such persons to have nothing more to be said of them, findable by all my endevours.

1791 E. Waring in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 81 152 The series findable as above mentioned.

1843 J. W. Carlyle Lett. I. 232 I felt about for pillows, none were findable.

1887 T. A. Trollope What I Remember I. vii. 151 There exists—still findable I suppose..a large lithographed portrait of her.

1909 ‘M. Twain’ Is Shakespeare Dead? vii. 75 I have been a ‘pocket’ miner—a sort of gold mining not findable in any but one little spot in the world.

1998 GQ Aug. 87/2 Specialists say that this was the best vintage in 20 years, and it should still be findable within a decent price range.

2015 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 23 Aug. (Book Review section) 12 I would be expected—despite all information being findable online—to explain what a ‘bank teller’ or ‘publisher’ was.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	findable
释义	findableadj. Brit. /ˈfʌɪndəbl/, U.S. /ˈfaɪndəb(ə)l/ Forms: see find v. and -able suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: find v., -able suffix. Etymology: < find v. + -able suffix. That may be found (in various senses of find v.).In recent use esp. with reference to the use of online search engines. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > finding or discovery > [adjective] > found or discovered > able to be findablec1443 reperible?a1475 discoverable1572 repertible1656 c1443 R. Pecock Reule of Crysten Religioun (1927) 424 (MED) Al þat is to be tauȝt..is bi vs silf fyndeable and knowable þoruȝ labour of oure kindely resoun. c1454 R. Pecock Folewer to Donet 34 (MED) Þis discrecioun now tauȝt and rehercid is so fyndable in resoun to be trewe þat [etc.]. 1624 A. Logie Cum Bono Deo iii. 16 What is found wanting, or is not findable in a physicall bodie, is ill required and sought for in a mysticall. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) i. 75 I return such persons to have nothing more to be said of them, findable by all my endevours. 1791 E. Waring in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 81 152 The series findable as above mentioned. 1843 J. W. Carlyle Lett. I. 232 I felt about for pillows, none were findable. 1887 T. A. Trollope What I Remember I. vii. 151 There exists—still findable I suppose..a large lithographed portrait of her. 1909 ‘M. Twain’ Is Shakespeare Dead? vii. 75 I have been a ‘pocket’ miner—a sort of gold mining not findable in any but one little spot in the world. 1998 GQ Aug. 87/2 Specialists say that this was the best vintage in 20 years, and it should still be findable within a decent price range. 2015 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 23 Aug. (Book Review section) 12 I would be expected—despite all information being findable online—to explain what a ‘bank teller’ or ‘publisher’ was. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.c1443
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