gainableadj.¹

/ˈɡeɪnəb(ə)l/

Forms: Also 1600s gaineable.

Etymology: < gain v.² + -able suffix; compare French gaignable, gagnable.

Attainable, capable of being gained or won over.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > acquisition > [adjective] > obtained or acquired > able to be

procurablec1449

purveyable1542

gettable1553

extant1555

parable1563

acquirable1606

gainable1611

purchasable1611

obtainablea1617

acquisitive1629

haveable1639

producible1640

come-at-able?1685

derivablea1711

attainable1712

embraceable1841

graspable1868

securable1876

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Gaignable, gettable, winnable, gaineable.

1670 G. Havers tr. G. Leti Il Cardinalismo di Santa Chiesa iii. iii. 327 With paper in hand, [they] reckon'd up as many gainable persons, as made up their number.

1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. II. iii. iv. 166 Summon the National Assembly to follow you, summon what of it is Royalist, Constitutional, gainable by money; dissolve the rest.

1856 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters III. 147 Greatness in art..is not a teachable nor gainable thing, but the expression of the mind of a God-made great man.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

† gainableadj.²

Forms: Also 1600s–1800s Historical wainable adj.

Etymology: < Old French gaignable, < gaignier (see gain v.¹) in the early sense to till, cultivate: see gain v.³

Obsolete. rare.

Of land: Cultivable.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > land suitable for cultivation > [adjective]

gainable1480

manurable1600

plantable1640

culturable1642

improvable1653

cultivable1682

wainable1706

cultivatable1761

cultivatible1803

1480 W. Caxton tr. Ovid Metamorphoses xv. iv Lenchayde was, of olde tyme, gaynable lond; now the see encloseth it.

1481 W. Caxton tr. Siege & Conqueste Jerusalem (1893) xlv. 85 The londe is ful of..large mareyses in suche wyse that there is but lytil londe gaynable.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	gainable
释义	gainableadj.¹ /ˈɡeɪnəb(ə)l/ Forms: Also 1600s gaineable. Etymology: < gain v.² + -able suffix; compare French gaignable, gagnable. Attainable, capable of being gained or won over. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > acquisition > [adjective] > obtained or acquired > able to be procurablec1449 purveyable1542 gettable1553 extant1555 parable1563 acquirable1606 gainable1611 purchasable1611 obtainablea1617 acquisitive1629 haveable1639 producible1640 come-at-able?1685 derivablea1711 attainable1712 embraceable1841 graspable1868 securable1876 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Gaignable, gettable, winnable, gaineable. 1670 G. Havers tr. G. Leti Il Cardinalismo di Santa Chiesa iii. iii. 327 With paper in hand, [they] reckon'd up as many gainable persons, as made up their number. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. II. iii. iv. 166 Summon the National Assembly to follow you, summon what of it is Royalist, Constitutional, gainable by money; dissolve the rest. 1856 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters III. 147 Greatness in art..is not a teachable nor gainable thing, but the expression of the mind of a God-made great man. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online December 2020). † gainableadj.² Forms: Also 1600s–1800s Historical wainable adj. Etymology: < Old French gaignable, < gaignier (see gain v.¹) in the early sense to till, cultivate: see gain v.³ Obsolete. rare. Of land: Cultivable. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > land suitable for cultivation > [adjective] gainable1480 manurable1600 plantable1640 culturable1642 improvable1653 cultivable1682 wainable1706 cultivatable1761 cultivatible1803 1480 W. Caxton tr. Ovid Metamorphoses xv. iv Lenchayde was, of olde tyme, gaynable lond; now the see encloseth it. 1481 W. Caxton tr. Siege & Conqueste Jerusalem (1893) xlv. 85 The londe is ful of..large mareyses in suche wyse that there is but lytil londe gaynable. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.¹1611adj.²1480
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