modifiableadj.

Brit.

/ˈmɒdᵻfʌɪəbl/, U.S.

/ˈˌmɑdəˈˌfaɪəb(ə)l/

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

Etymology: < French modifiable (1611 in Cotgrave: see quot. 1611) < modifier modify v. + -able -able suffix.

That can be modified; liable or subject to modification.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > change > [adjective] > varying or modifying > modified > that can be

modifiable1611

modificable1721

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Modifiable, modifiable, qualifiable.

a1704 J. Locke Exam. Malebranche in Posthumous Wks. (1706) 150 It appears to me more difficult to conceive a distinct visible Image in the uniform unvariable Essence of God, than in variously modifiable Matter.

1820 T. Jefferson Let. 15 Aug. in Writings (1984) 1442 The most copious and eloquent [language] in the living world; and equal to the Greek, had not that been regularly modifiable almost ad infinitum.

1840 J. H. Green Vital Dynamics 76 Man has the most modifiable organs of motion.

1889 Sc. Leader 16 Feb. 5/3 The whole case may have been modifiable by the decisions of the Commission now sitting.

1914 W. Lewis in Outlook 18 July 74/1 How modifiable is national temperament?

1975 Nature 20 Mar. 196/2 The distance between ‘peaks’..is determined..by physiochemical parameters..which cannot easily be imagined as modifiable by changing the overall dimensions of the tissue.

1993 Macworld Dec. 71/1 (advt.) Effects Specialist 2.0—120 dynamic effects, each modifiable in thousands of ways.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	modifiable
释义	modifiableadj. Brit. /ˈmɒdᵻfʌɪəbl/, U.S. /ˈˌmɑdəˈˌfaɪəb(ə)l/ Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French modifiable. Etymology: < French modifiable (1611 in Cotgrave: see quot. 1611) < modifier modify v. + -able -able suffix. That can be modified; liable or subject to modification. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > [adjective] > varying or modifying > modified > that can be modifiable1611 modificable1721 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Modifiable, modifiable, qualifiable. a1704 J. Locke Exam. Malebranche in Posthumous Wks. (1706) 150 It appears to me more difficult to conceive a distinct visible Image in the uniform unvariable Essence of God, than in variously modifiable Matter. 1820 T. Jefferson Let. 15 Aug. in Writings (1984) 1442 The most copious and eloquent [language] in the living world; and equal to the Greek, had not that been regularly modifiable almost ad infinitum. 1840 J. H. Green Vital Dynamics 76 Man has the most modifiable organs of motion. 1889 Sc. Leader 16 Feb. 5/3 The whole case may have been modifiable by the decisions of the Commission now sitting. 1914 W. Lewis in Outlook 18 July 74/1 How modifiable is national temperament? 1975 Nature 20 Mar. 196/2 The distance between ‘peaks’..is determined..by physiochemical parameters..which cannot easily be imagined as modifiable by changing the overall dimensions of the tissue. 1993 Macworld Dec. 71/1 (advt.) Effects Specialist 2.0—120 dynamic effects, each modifiable in thousands of ways. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1611
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