opinableadj.n.

Brit.

/əʊˈpʌɪnəbl/, U.S.

/oʊˈpaɪnəb(ə)l/

Forms: late Middle English oppynable, late Middle English–1500s opynable, late Middle English–1700s 1900s– opinable; also Scottish pre-1700 opynnable.

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

Etymology: < classical Latin opīnābilis based on opinion < opīnārī opine v. + -bilis -ble suffix. Compare Middle French opinable (c1380). N.E.D. (1903) gives the pronunciation as (opəi·năb'l, †ǫ·pinăb'l) /əʊˈpaɪnəb(ə)l/ † /ˈɒpɪnəb(ə)l/.

1. That is a matter of opinion; not certain; debatable, conjectural. Also occasionally as n. Now chiefly archaic.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > [adjective]

opinablec1450

opinativec1450

opinialc1454

opinionalc1454

opinionate1553

opiniative1593

opinionous1666

doxastic1794

opinionative1894

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > insecure knowledge, uncertainty > questionable state or quality > [adjective] > based on opinion

opinablec1450

opinativec1450

opinionablea1490

opiniative1593

opinionative1610

c1450 ( J. Walton tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Linc. Cathedral 103) 266 (MED) So thing es done unwarly to þi sight, Yet is it done be ordenaunce of right; Bot yit as to thyn opinable wyt, It semeth ouerthwart confusioun.

?1456 W. Worcester in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 130 My Lord Bedford wylle was made yn so bryeff and generall termys..but allwey new to constrew and oppynable.

c1475 ( in Eng. Hist. Rev. (1911) 26 521 (MED) As for the favoure of the peple, thaire is no grounde of sure argument, for by cause hit is so varyable and for the moost parte it groweth of oppynable conceytis and not of trowith.

a1500 (?1471) G. Ripley Epist. Edward IV (Ashm.) f. 103 (MED) This science is not opynable, But verrey true, by Raymond and other determynate.

1548 R. Crowley Confut. N. Shaxton sig. C iij b Opinable matters and disputable.

1574 R. MacIlmaine tr. P. de La Ramée Logike ii. vii. 80 The disjunction..is not absolutely true, but only opynable.

1921 Philos. Rev. 30 226 Plato says that images stand to originals as the opinable to the knowable.

1935 E. R. Eddison Mistress xv. 304 Flat nays and yeas of these which were, as I had supposed, opinable matters and disputable!

1960 Jrnl. Politics 22 273 Moreover, since the truly knowable as distinct from the opinable cannot change, God as knower of good and evil would be bound by his knowledge.

1987 M. J. Gregor in I. Kant Critique of Judgement 360 (note) Respectively, things opinable, knowable, or merely believable.

2. That is the object of opinion; capable of being opined or held as an opinion. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > [adjective] > subject to opinion

opinatea1500

opinable1603

1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 1117 How..he should admit and leave unto us sense and opinion, and not withall allow that which is sensible and opinable, a man is not able to shew.

1678 R. Cudworth tr. Plato in True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 571 Not properly Knowable, but Opinable only, or the Object of Opinion.

1986 Renaissance Q. 39 485 Erasmus has a sanction for his advice that Christians escape from the visible and opinable and ascend to the purely spiritual.

Derivatives

† opinability n. Obsolete rare

ΚΠ

1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Opinability,..a thinking.

† opinably adv. Obsolete rare

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > insecure knowledge, uncertainty > questionable state or quality > [adverb]

doubtouslyc1350

opinablyc1450

doubtfully1483

doubtedly1584

problematically1588

dubiously1646

indijudicably1660

disputably1836

indeterminately1841

indeterminably1846

questionably1859

dubitably1864

c1450 ( J. Walton tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Linc. Cathedral 103) 318 (MED) Þis prescience seeþ it well y-now..Noght as be gessyng opynabilly [v.r. opynally], But be souereigne science and simplesse.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	opinable
释义	opinableadj.n. Brit. /əʊˈpʌɪnəbl/, U.S. /oʊˈpaɪnəb(ə)l/ Forms: late Middle English oppynable, late Middle English–1500s opynable, late Middle English–1700s 1900s– opinable; also Scottish pre-1700 opynnable. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin opīnābilis. Etymology: < classical Latin opīnābilis based on opinion < opīnārī opine v. + -bilis -ble suffix. Compare Middle French opinable (c1380). N.E.D. (1903) gives the pronunciation as (opəi·năb'l, †ǫ·pinăb'l) /əʊˈpaɪnəb(ə)l/ † /ˈɒpɪnəb(ə)l/. 1. That is a matter of opinion; not certain; debatable, conjectural. Also occasionally as n. Now chiefly archaic. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > [adjective] opinablec1450 opinativec1450 opinialc1454 opinionalc1454 opinionate1553 opiniative1593 opinionous1666 doxastic1794 opinionative1894 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > insecure knowledge, uncertainty > questionable state or quality > [adjective] > based on opinion opinablec1450 opinativec1450 opinionablea1490 opiniative1593 opinionative1610 c1450 ( J. Walton tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Linc. Cathedral 103) 266 (MED) So thing es done unwarly to þi sight, Yet is it done be ordenaunce of right; Bot yit as to thyn opinable wyt, It semeth ouerthwart confusioun. ?1456 W. Worcester in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 130 My Lord Bedford wylle was made yn so bryeff and generall termys..but allwey new to constrew and oppynable. c1475 ( in Eng. Hist. Rev. (1911) 26 521 (MED) As for the favoure of the peple, thaire is no grounde of sure argument, for by cause hit is so varyable and for the moost parte it groweth of oppynable conceytis and not of trowith. a1500 (?1471) G. Ripley Epist. Edward IV (Ashm.) f. 103 (MED) This science is not opynable, But verrey true, by Raymond and other determynate. 1548 R. Crowley Confut. N. Shaxton sig. C iij b Opinable matters and disputable. 1574 R. MacIlmaine tr. P. de La Ramée Logike ii. vii. 80 The disjunction..is not absolutely true, but only opynable. 1921 Philos. Rev. 30 226 Plato says that images stand to originals as the opinable to the knowable. 1935 E. R. Eddison Mistress xv. 304 Flat nays and yeas of these which were, as I had supposed, opinable matters and disputable! 1960 Jrnl. Politics 22 273 Moreover, since the truly knowable as distinct from the opinable cannot change, God as knower of good and evil would be bound by his knowledge. 1987 M. J. Gregor in I. Kant Critique of Judgement 360 (note) Respectively, things opinable, knowable, or merely believable. 2. That is the object of opinion; capable of being opined or held as an opinion. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > [adjective] > subject to opinion opinatea1500 opinable1603 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 1117 How..he should admit and leave unto us sense and opinion, and not withall allow that which is sensible and opinable, a man is not able to shew. 1678 R. Cudworth tr. Plato in True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 571 Not properly Knowable, but Opinable only, or the Object of Opinion. 1986 Renaissance Q. 39 485 Erasmus has a sanction for his advice that Christians escape from the visible and opinable and ascend to the purely spiritual. Derivatives † opinability n. Obsolete rare ΚΠ 1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Opinability,..a thinking. † opinably adv. Obsolete rare ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > insecure knowledge, uncertainty > questionable state or quality > [adverb] doubtouslyc1350 opinablyc1450 doubtfully1483 doubtedly1584 problematically1588 dubiously1646 indijudicably1660 disputably1836 indeterminately1841 indeterminably1846 questionably1859 dubitably1864 c1450 ( J. Walton tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Linc. Cathedral 103) 318 (MED) Þis prescience seeþ it well y-now..Noght as be gessyng opynabilly [v.r. opynally], But be souereigne science and simplesse. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.c1450
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