marcescibleadj.

Brit.

/mɑːˈsɛsᵻbl/, U.S.

/mɑrˈsɛsəbəl/

Forms: 1600s–1700s marcessible, 1900s– marcescible.

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French marcessible; Latin marcescibilis.

Etymology: < (i) Middle French marcessible (1519; French marcescible ), or its etymon post-classical Latin marcescibilis, marcessibilis perishable, subject to fading or withering (9th cent. or earlier; 12th cent. in British sources) < classical Latin marcēscere (see marcescent adj.) + -ībilis -ible suffix. Compare earlier immarcescible adj.

rare.

Liable to wither or fade.

ΚΠ

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Marcessible, apt or easie to rot or putrifie.

1962 Times Lit. Suppl. 15 June 442/4 Bernard Shaw tossed the epithet ‘incomparable’ at the young Max Beerbohm in 1898, and it stuck like a burr. As burrs are marcescible, so is the point of a stock epithet often blunted by time.

Derivatives

† marcescibleness n. Obsolete rare Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

ΚΠ

1731 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. (ed. 2) II Marcessibleness, withering or fading nature.

marcesciˈbility n. rare

ΚΠ

1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Marcessibility, a pining away, a Consumption.

1909 M. Beerbohm Yet Again 55 Sighing over the marcescibility of human happiness, I peered between the pillars into the excavated and chaotic hall.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	marcescible
释义	marcescibleadj. Brit. /mɑːˈsɛsᵻbl/, U.S. /mɑrˈsɛsəbəl/ Forms: 1600s–1700s marcessible, 1900s– marcescible. Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French marcessible; Latin marcescibilis. Etymology: < (i) Middle French marcessible (1519; French marcescible ), or its etymon post-classical Latin marcescibilis, marcessibilis perishable, subject to fading or withering (9th cent. or earlier; 12th cent. in British sources) < classical Latin marcēscere (see marcescent adj.) + -ībilis -ible suffix. Compare earlier immarcescible adj. rare. Liable to wither or fade. ΚΠ 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Marcessible, apt or easie to rot or putrifie. 1962 Times Lit. Suppl. 15 June 442/4 Bernard Shaw tossed the epithet ‘incomparable’ at the young Max Beerbohm in 1898, and it stuck like a burr. As burrs are marcescible, so is the point of a stock epithet often blunted by time. Derivatives † marcescibleness n. Obsolete rare Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΚΠ 1731 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. (ed. 2) II Marcessibleness, withering or fading nature. marcesciˈbility n. rare ΚΠ 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Marcessibility, a pining away, a Consumption. 1909 M. Beerbohm Yet Again 55 Sighing over the marcescibility of human happiness, I peered between the pillars into the excavated and chaotic hall. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1656
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