† menableadj.

Forms: Middle English meanabil, Middle English menable, Middle English menabull.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French menable.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Middle French menable, meisnable tractable, easily led (1198 in Old French; French menable , now rare or obsolete; also in Anglo-Norman in forms mainable , mesnable ) < mener to lead, direct (10th cent. in Old French; < classical Latin mināre to drive animals, variant of minārī to threaten: see minant adj.) + -able -able suffix. Compare amenable adj.

Obsolete.

1. Of a wind: favourable.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [adjective] > favourable (of wind)

fairlOE

likinga1387

menablea1393

goodc1425

merrya1571

furthering1599

foreright1605

following1839

a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) ii. 1123 (MED) Tho began to blowe A wynd menable fro the lond.

a1460 Knyghthode & Bataile (Pembr. Cambr. 243) 2703 (MED) Fro the storme abide or stopp atide..with meanabil wynd sette on the see.

2. Capable of being, or liable to be, led; amenable.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > aspects of travel > guidance in travel > [adjective]

menablea1393

guidinga1616

ushering1628

conducting1632

near-ushering1637

society > authority > subjection > obedience > manageability > [adjective] > able to be led or directed

menablea1393

orderable1582

guidable1676

a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) iii. 390 Thogh a man be resonable, Yit after kinde he is menable To love.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	menable
释义	† menableadj. Forms: Middle English meanabil, Middle English menable, Middle English menabull. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French menable. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Middle French menable, meisnable tractable, easily led (1198 in Old French; French menable , now rare or obsolete; also in Anglo-Norman in forms mainable , mesnable ) < mener to lead, direct (10th cent. in Old French; < classical Latin mināre to drive animals, variant of minārī to threaten: see minant adj.) + -able -able suffix. Compare amenable adj. Obsolete. 1. Of a wind: favourable. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [adjective] > favourable (of wind) fairlOE likinga1387 menablea1393 goodc1425 merrya1571 furthering1599 foreright1605 following1839 a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) ii. 1123 (MED) Tho began to blowe A wynd menable fro the lond. a1460 Knyghthode & Bataile (Pembr. Cambr. 243) 2703 (MED) Fro the storme abide or stopp atide..with meanabil wynd sette on the see. 2. Capable of being, or liable to be, led; amenable. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > guidance in travel > [adjective] menablea1393 guidinga1616 ushering1628 conducting1632 near-ushering1637 society > authority > subjection > obedience > manageability > [adjective] > able to be led or directed menablea1393 orderable1582 guidable1676 a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) iii. 390 Thogh a man be resonable, Yit after kinde he is menable To love. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.a1393
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