medicableadj.

Brit.

/ˈmɛdᵻkəbl/, U.S.

/ˈmɛdəkəb(ə)l/

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

Etymology: < classical Latin medicābilis curable, healing < medicāre , medicārī (see medicate v.) + -bilis -ble suffix. Compare Middle French medicable curable (c1380), healing (1571), medecable healing (16th cent.), Italian medicabile curable (1570), Spanish medicable curable (1612).

Now rare (poetic and literary in later use).

1. Possessing medicinal properties or benefits. Now archaic.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > [adjective]

medicinala1384

wholesomea1387

healinga1398

medicinablea1398

restorativea1398

sanative14..

curatory?a1425

remediable1437

mildlya1475

curable1483

recurablea1500

curative1525

eradicative1543

good1580

physical1580

medicable1590

sanable1598

balsamic1605

therapeutical1606

medicinary1607

medicative1644

medical1646

therapeutic1646

salutary1649

salvative1653

boethetic1656

medicamentary1656

recuperatory1656

sanitating1656

medicamental1657

medicamentous1659

medicating1705

balmy1747

salving1751

sanatorya1832

salubrious1855

medicatory1864

recuperative1872

1590 W. Clever Flower of Phisicke 28 Galen, Hypocrates..Dyoscorides doo..consent with this vertuous and medicable indeuor.

1604 A. Craig Poet. Ess. sig. B3 In fertill Egipt grew With medicable, enuenomd hearbes anew.

1667 R. Boyle Origine Formes & Qualities (ed. 2) 293 Wine obtains divers medicable Vertues (as that of cooling, dissolving Coral, Pearle, &c.).

1871 W. E. Channing Wanderer iv. 68 Lest he, the figment of the bear, should rise, And thence no drop of medicable grease The Indian coat should show.

1919 W. B. Yeats Wild Swans at Coole 35 Sing, for it may be that your thoughts have plucked Some medicable herb to make our grief Less bitter.

2. Able to be treated or cured medically. Also in extended use.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > [adjective] > able to be healed or cured

curable1398

recurablec1475

healable1570

medicable1616

sanable1623

1616 J. Bullokar Eng. Expositor Medicable, which may be healed.

1744 J. Armstrong Art of preserving Health iii. 92 For want of timely care Millions have died of medicable wounds.

1797 T. Park Sonnets 89 Studious skill, To heal the griefs of medicable ill.

1816 W. Wordsworth Ode, 1815 81 For them who bravely stood unhurt, or bled With medicable wounds.

1834 Tait's Edinb. Mag. New Ser. 1 15/2 Of the more enduring and less medicable ailments of his patient, the surgeon knew..nothing.

1871 G. H. Napheys Prevention & Cure Dis. i. i. 43 Medicable wounds.

a1894 R. L. Stevenson St. Ives (1898) xxv. 191 I bleed, perhaps, but with medicable wounds.

1925 Survey Mar. 683/2 Their fundamental philosophy is based upon the belief that race prejudice is medicable by legal and judicial process.

1996 Utne Reader Sept.–Oct. 39 We're no longer sure, for instance, whether industriousness is a virtue or a vice; or whether despair is a sin, a medicable illness, or a rational response to an insane world.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	medicable
释义	medicableadj. Brit. /ˈmɛdᵻkəbl/, U.S. /ˈmɛdəkəb(ə)l/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin medicābilis. Etymology: < classical Latin medicābilis curable, healing < medicāre , medicārī (see medicate v.) + -bilis -ble suffix. Compare Middle French medicable curable (c1380), healing (1571), medecable healing (16th cent.), Italian medicabile curable (1570), Spanish medicable curable (1612). Now rare (poetic and literary in later use). 1. Possessing medicinal properties or benefits. Now archaic. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > [adjective] medicinala1384 wholesomea1387 healinga1398 medicinablea1398 restorativea1398 sanative14.. curatory?a1425 remediable1437 mildlya1475 curable1483 recurablea1500 curative1525 eradicative1543 good1580 physical1580 medicable1590 sanable1598 balsamic1605 therapeutical1606 medicinary1607 medicative1644 medical1646 therapeutic1646 salutary1649 salvative1653 boethetic1656 medicamentary1656 recuperatory1656 sanitating1656 medicamental1657 medicamentous1659 medicating1705 balmy1747 salving1751 sanatorya1832 salubrious1855 medicatory1864 recuperative1872 1590 W. Clever Flower of Phisicke 28 Galen, Hypocrates..Dyoscorides doo..consent with this vertuous and medicable indeuor. 1604 A. Craig Poet. Ess. sig. B3 In fertill Egipt grew With medicable, enuenomd hearbes anew. 1667 R. Boyle Origine Formes & Qualities (ed. 2) 293 Wine obtains divers medicable Vertues (as that of cooling, dissolving Coral, Pearle, &c.). 1871 W. E. Channing Wanderer iv. 68 Lest he, the figment of the bear, should rise, And thence no drop of medicable grease The Indian coat should show. 1919 W. B. Yeats Wild Swans at Coole 35 Sing, for it may be that your thoughts have plucked Some medicable herb to make our grief Less bitter. 2. Able to be treated or cured medically. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > [adjective] > able to be healed or cured curable1398 recurablec1475 healable1570 medicable1616 sanable1623 1616 J. Bullokar Eng. Expositor Medicable, which may be healed. 1744 J. Armstrong Art of preserving Health iii. 92 For want of timely care Millions have died of medicable wounds. 1797 T. Park Sonnets 89 Studious skill, To heal the griefs of medicable ill. 1816 W. Wordsworth Ode, 1815 81 For them who bravely stood unhurt, or bled With medicable wounds. 1834 Tait's Edinb. Mag. New Ser. 1 15/2 Of the more enduring and less medicable ailments of his patient, the surgeon knew..nothing. 1871 G. H. Napheys Prevention & Cure Dis. i. i. 43 Medicable wounds. a1894 R. L. Stevenson St. Ives (1898) xxv. 191 I bleed, perhaps, but with medicable wounds. 1925 Survey Mar. 683/2 Their fundamental philosophy is based upon the belief that race prejudice is medicable by legal and judicial process. 1996 Utne Reader Sept.–Oct. 39 We're no longer sure, for instance, whether industriousness is a virtue or a vice; or whether despair is a sin, a medicable illness, or a rational response to an insane world. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1590
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