idoneousadj.
/ʌɪˈdəʊniːəs/ Now rare.
Apt, fit, or suitable.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > [adjective]
goodeOE
rightOE
queemlOE
belonglOE
behovingc1175
limplyc1200
tidefula1300
avenantc1300
mackc1330
worthy1340
hemea1350
convenientc1374
seemlya1375
shapelyc1374
ablea1382
cordant1382
meetc1385
accordable1386
accordinga1387
appurtenantc1386
pertinentc1390
accordanta1393
likea1393
setea1400
throa1400
agreeablec1425
habilec1425
suitly1426
competentc1430
suiting1431
fitc1440
proportionablec1443
justc1450
congruent?a1475
cordinga1475
congruec1475
afferant1480
belonging1483
cordable1485
hovable1508
attainanta1513
accommodate1525
agreeing1533
respondent1533
opportunate?1541
appropriate1544
commode1549
familiar1553
apt1563
pliant1565
liable1570
sortly1570
competible1586
sortable1586
fitty1589
accommodable1592
congruable1603
affining1606
feated1606
suity1607
reputable1611
suited1613
idoneousa1615
matchable1614
suitablea1616
congruous1631
fitten1642
responsal1647
appropriated1651
adapt1658
mack-like1672
squared1698
homogeneous1708
applicable1711
unforeign1718
fitted1736
congenial1738
assorted1790
accommodatable1874
OK1925
a1615 Balnagown MS in W. R. Baillie Breve Cron. Earlis of Ross (1850) 5 Quhilk Mark abbot enterit in the monasterie..and fande the said place destitute of idonius personis, ornamentes, etc.
1626 Waterford Arch. in 10th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1885) App. v. 337 Two idoneows and decent persons shall be..elected wardens of the said yeelde.
1680 R. Boyle Exper. & Notes Prodvcibleness Chymicall Princ. ii. 71 in Sceptical Chymist (new ed.) Salt-peter is slowly generated in the earth by gradual..Alterations of some Idoneous Matter.
1726 J. Ayliffe Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani 39 An Ecclesiastical Benefice..ought to be conferr'd on an Idoneous Person.
1822 S. Smith Ess. in Wks. (1869) 418 A bitter, bustling, theological Bishop,..the idoneous vehicle of abuse against the Establishment.
Derivatives
iˈdoneousness n. fitness, idoneity.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > [noun]
covenablenessa1382
covenabletec1384
propertya1387
abilitya1398
congruencec1430
conveniencec1430
meetnessc1449
congruencya1513
conveniency1526
congruity1530
familiarity1551
suitableness1594
familiarnessa1617
idoneity1617
connaturalnessa1628
suitability1648
adequateness1650
adaptness1657
competibilitya1660
accommodateness1660
adaptation1663
adaptedness1673
evenliness1674
condecence1678
decorousness1678
feating1682
resemblance1715
idoneousness1727
appropriateness1731
favourableness1775
adaptitude1806
adaptment1831
1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Idoneousness, fitness, meetness.
1848 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Nov. 527 The scattered rays of idiosyncrasy and idoneousness.
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