† investigableadj.¹

Forms: late Middle English–1600s inuestigable, 1500s inuestygable, 1600s–1700s investigable; also Scottish pre-1700 inuestigabyll, pre-1700 investigabill.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin investigabilis.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin investigabilis (Vetus Latina) < classical Latin in- in- prefix⁴ + post-classical Latin vestigabilis able to be traced (4th cent.; < classical Latin vestigāre vestigate v. + -bilis -ble suffix), after Hellenistic Greek ἀνεξιχνίαστος (Septuagint, New Testament). Compare later ininvestigable adj., uninvestigable adj.Post-classical Latin investigabilis occurs in Vetus Latina in Romans 11:33, where the Vulgate has ininvestigabilis ininvestigable adj. Compare Middle French investigable, in the same sense (beginning of the 15th cent.).

Obsolete.

Impossible to trace, discover, understand, or examine; unsearchable, unfathomable; inscrutable; = uninvestigable adj.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > unintelligibility > [adjective]

uncouthc897

unnimlyc1225

incomprehensiblea1340

unsearchablec1384

unknowable?c1400

investigablea1425

uncomprehensiblea1425

unthinkablec1445

imperscrutablec1450

inscrutablec1450

inopinable?a1475

incomprenable1502

unspectable?1504

incogitablec1522

uncogitable1529

impenetrable1531

inimaginable1534

inexplicable1555

unsensible1555

unscrutable1562

unfashionable1563

unpenetrable1581

unexcogitable1592

ineffable1598

inexcogitable1599

indivinable1603

ininvestigable1604

incapable1605

searchless?1606

uncomprehensive1609

unconceivable1611

undivinable1611

unimaginable1611

unexplicable1615

unintelligible1616

unapprehensible?1617

unfathomable1617

imprehensible1622

ununderstandablea1631

indeprehensible1633

indiscernible1635

inscrute1639

inapprehensiblea1641

indiscoverable1640

unexaminable1641

impervestigable1643

fathomless1645

inconceivable1646

indeterminable1646

inexplorable1646

insearchable1647

incomprehended1652

comprehendlessa1654

incomprehensive1656

untraceable1661

uninvestigablea1677

unintelligent1683

incognoscible1691

thought-transcendinga1711

uncognizable1720

acataleptic1727

undescriptive1744

elusive1751

impalpable1781

inaccessible1796

unconjecturable1806

uncognoscible1821

unascertainable1827

unfixable1831

unguessable1832

unrealizable1832

unsurveyable1833

hard-shelled1835

unintellective1837

undeemed1845

graspless1849

unconjectured1850

incognizable1852

ungraspable1853

unreadable1853

super-cerebral1854

elusory1856

trans-conscious1865

intangible1880

uncatchable1892

unspelt1892

unplumbable1895

unknowledgeable1920

indiscutable1933

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > [adjective] > incapable of discovery

investigablea1425

indiscoverable1640

undiscoverable1642

inexplorable1646

inconspicuous1648

traceless1651

unsuspectable1660

introuvable1824

undetectible1827

undetectable1863

a1425 (a1400) Northern Pauline Epist. (1916) Rom. xi. 33 (MED) How inuestigable [L. inuestigabiles] ben þe weyes of hym!

?1518 A. Barclay tr. D. Mancinus Myrrour Good Maners sig. F.v Inclose the in cauernes, or place inuestygable..Our lorde all beholdeth.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement f. lxxxx/2 Inuestygable nat able to be serched, inuestigable.

1561 H. Becher tr. Vocation & Callyng All Nations ii. i. sig. Lv The vnsercheable and inuestigable measures of his manyfolde grace.

1613 T. Milles tr. P. Mexia et al. Treasurie Auncient & Moderne Times vi. xxiv. 602/2 Hee containeth all, in his inuestigable Treasures and secrets.

1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot iv. ii. 183 Whose estate was incredible, and investigable by his executor.

1701 S. Sewall Diary 30 June (1973) I. 450 The Providence of our Soveraign Lord is very investigable.

1791 J. Milner tr. J. F. de la Marche Pastoral Let. & Ordinance 17 His ways are investigable to our weak sight.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

investigableadj.²

Brit.

/ɪnˈvɛstᵻɡəbl/, U.S.

/ᵻnˈvɛstəɡəb(ə)l/

Forms: 1500s inuestigable, 1600s– investigable.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin investigabilis.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin investigabilis traceable, comprehensible (late 2nd or early 3rd cent. in Tertullian) < classical Latin investīgāre investigate v. + -bilis -ble suffix.

Capable of being investigated, searched into, or examined; open to investigation, inquiry, or research.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > [adjective] > capable of being investigated

seekable1483

investigable1593

inquisiblea1676

explorable1751

inspectable1815

1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie i. vii. 61 In doing euill, we prefer a lesse good before a greater, the greatnes whereof is by reason inuestigable, & may be known.

1637 G. Gillespie Dispute against Eng.-Popish Ceremonies iii. 138 It is investigable by the very light and guidance of naturall reason.

1676 G. Towerson Explic. Decalogue 1 Such a Law or Laws as are founded upon natural principles, and investigable by them.

1738 W. Warburton Divine Legation Moses I. 412 Had the Doctrine been investigable by human Reason.

1773 M. Hemmings Abridgm. Hooker's Eccl. Polity i. viii. 22 Such laws being investigable by reason, the world hath always been acquainted with them.

1838 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Nov. 586/2 [It] places me in a world which has real infinitude, but is investigable only to the understanding.

1894 Leeds Mercury 11 Dec. 3/7 Investigable problems of life-and-death import to the human race remain unsolved.

1949 Shakespeare Assoc. Bull. 24 249 The things in question are scientifically investigable.

2009 R. Konicek-Moran More Everyday Sci. Myst. p. ix Our world is full of questions, many of which are investigable by children and adults.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	investigable
释义	† investigableadj.¹ Forms: late Middle English–1600s inuestigable, 1500s inuestygable, 1600s–1700s investigable; also Scottish pre-1700 inuestigabyll, pre-1700 investigabill. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin investigabilis. Etymology: < post-classical Latin investigabilis (Vetus Latina) < classical Latin in- in- prefix⁴ + post-classical Latin vestigabilis able to be traced (4th cent.; < classical Latin vestigāre vestigate v. + -bilis -ble suffix), after Hellenistic Greek ἀνεξιχνίαστος (Septuagint, New Testament). Compare later ininvestigable adj., uninvestigable adj.Post-classical Latin investigabilis occurs in Vetus Latina in Romans 11:33, where the Vulgate has ininvestigabilis ininvestigable adj. Compare Middle French investigable, in the same sense (beginning of the 15th cent.). Obsolete. Impossible to trace, discover, understand, or examine; unsearchable, unfathomable; inscrutable; = uninvestigable adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > unintelligibility > [adjective] uncouthc897 unnimlyc1225 incomprehensiblea1340 unsearchablec1384 unknowable?c1400 investigablea1425 uncomprehensiblea1425 unthinkablec1445 imperscrutablec1450 inscrutablec1450 inopinable?a1475 incomprenable1502 unspectable?1504 incogitablec1522 uncogitable1529 impenetrable1531 inimaginable1534 inexplicable1555 unsensible1555 unscrutable1562 unfashionable1563 unpenetrable1581 unexcogitable1592 ineffable1598 inexcogitable1599 indivinable1603 ininvestigable1604 incapable1605 searchless?1606 uncomprehensive1609 unconceivable1611 undivinable1611 unimaginable1611 unexplicable1615 unintelligible1616 unapprehensible?1617 unfathomable1617 imprehensible1622 ununderstandablea1631 indeprehensible1633 indiscernible1635 inscrute1639 inapprehensiblea1641 indiscoverable1640 unexaminable1641 impervestigable1643 fathomless1645 inconceivable1646 indeterminable1646 inexplorable1646 insearchable1647 incomprehended1652 comprehendlessa1654 incomprehensive1656 untraceable1661 uninvestigablea1677 unintelligent1683 incognoscible1691 thought-transcendinga1711 uncognizable1720 acataleptic1727 undescriptive1744 elusive1751 impalpable1781 inaccessible1796 unconjecturable1806 uncognoscible1821 unascertainable1827 unfixable1831 unguessable1832 unrealizable1832 unsurveyable1833 hard-shelled1835 unintellective1837 undeemed1845 graspless1849 unconjectured1850 incognizable1852 ungraspable1853 unreadable1853 super-cerebral1854 elusory1856 trans-conscious1865 intangible1880 uncatchable1892 unspelt1892 unplumbable1895 unknowledgeable1920 indiscutable1933 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > [adjective] > incapable of discovery investigablea1425 indiscoverable1640 undiscoverable1642 inexplorable1646 inconspicuous1648 traceless1651 unsuspectable1660 introuvable1824 undetectible1827 undetectable1863 a1425 (a1400) Northern Pauline Epist. (1916) Rom. xi. 33 (MED) How inuestigable [L. inuestigabiles] ben þe weyes of hym! ?1518 A. Barclay tr. D. Mancinus Myrrour Good Maners sig. F.v Inclose the in cauernes, or place inuestygable..Our lorde all beholdeth. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement f. lxxxx/2 Inuestygable nat able to be serched, inuestigable. 1561 H. Becher tr. Vocation & Callyng All Nations ii. i. sig. Lv The vnsercheable and inuestigable measures of his manyfolde grace. 1613 T. Milles tr. P. Mexia et al. Treasurie Auncient & Moderne Times vi. xxiv. 602/2 Hee containeth all, in his inuestigable Treasures and secrets. 1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot iv. ii. 183 Whose estate was incredible, and investigable by his executor. 1701 S. Sewall Diary 30 June (1973) I. 450 The Providence of our Soveraign Lord is very investigable. 1791 J. Milner tr. J. F. de la Marche Pastoral Let. & Ordinance 17 His ways are investigable to our weak sight. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2020). investigableadj.² Brit. /ɪnˈvɛstᵻɡəbl/, U.S. /ᵻnˈvɛstəɡəb(ə)l/ Forms: 1500s inuestigable, 1600s– investigable. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin investigabilis. Etymology: < post-classical Latin investigabilis traceable, comprehensible (late 2nd or early 3rd cent. in Tertullian) < classical Latin investīgāre investigate v. + -bilis -ble suffix. Capable of being investigated, searched into, or examined; open to investigation, inquiry, or research. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > [adjective] > capable of being investigated seekable1483 investigable1593 inquisiblea1676 explorable1751 inspectable1815 1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie i. vii. 61 In doing euill, we prefer a lesse good before a greater, the greatnes whereof is by reason inuestigable, & may be known. 1637 G. Gillespie Dispute against Eng.-Popish Ceremonies iii. 138 It is investigable by the very light and guidance of naturall reason. 1676 G. Towerson Explic. Decalogue 1 Such a Law or Laws as are founded upon natural principles, and investigable by them. 1738 W. Warburton Divine Legation Moses I. 412 Had the Doctrine been investigable by human Reason. 1773 M. Hemmings Abridgm. Hooker's Eccl. Polity i. viii. 22 Such laws being investigable by reason, the world hath always been acquainted with them. 1838 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Nov. 586/2 [It] places me in a world which has real infinitude, but is investigable only to the understanding. 1894 Leeds Mercury 11 Dec. 3/7 Investigable problems of life-and-death import to the human race remain unsolved. 1949 Shakespeare Assoc. Bull. 24 249 The things in question are scientifically investigable. 2009 R. Konicek-Moran More Everyday Sci. Myst. p. ix Our world is full of questions, many of which are investigable by children and adults. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.¹a1425adj.²1593
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