† pacableadj.

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

Etymology: < post-classical Latin pacabilis placable (c1250, 1307 in British sources) < classical Latin pācāre to bring under control, pacify (see pacate adj.) + -bilis -ble suffix. Compare earlier unpacable adj. N.E.D. (1904) gives the pronunciation as (pēⁱ·kăb'l) /ˈpeɪkəb(ə)l/.

Obsolete.

Capable of being pacified or appeased; placable.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > dissent > absence of dissension or peace > bringing about concord or peace > [adjective] > appeasing or propitiatory > appeased > capable of being

conciliable1645

propitiable1662

pacable1833

1544 J. Bale Brefe Chron. Syr I. Oldecastell 15 b The vnpacable furye of Antichrist thus kyndled agaynst him.]

1833 Lady Morgan Manor Sackville ii, in Dramatic Scenes I. 54 A house burned here, and a pacable tinant carded there.

a1834 S. T. Coleridge On Constit. Church & State (1839) 166 Reasonable men are easily satisfied: would they were as numerous as they are pacable!

1860 W. M. Thackeray Screens in Dining-rooms in Roundabout Papers vi That last Roundabout Paper..was written in a pacable and not unchristian frame of mind.

1872 Overland Monthly Apr. 329/2 Revengeful, but avaricious, being always pacable with money.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	pacable
释义	† pacableadj. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin pacabilis. Etymology: < post-classical Latin pacabilis placable (c1250, 1307 in British sources) < classical Latin pācāre to bring under control, pacify (see pacate adj.) + -bilis -ble suffix. Compare earlier unpacable adj. N.E.D. (1904) gives the pronunciation as (pēⁱ·kăb'l) /ˈpeɪkəb(ə)l/. Obsolete. Capable of being pacified or appeased; placable. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > absence of dissension or peace > bringing about concord or peace > [adjective] > appeasing or propitiatory > appeased > capable of being conciliable1645 propitiable1662 pacable1833 1544 J. Bale Brefe Chron. Syr I. Oldecastell 15 b The vnpacable furye of Antichrist thus kyndled agaynst him.] 1833 Lady Morgan Manor Sackville ii, in Dramatic Scenes I. 54 A house burned here, and a pacable tinant carded there. a1834 S. T. Coleridge On Constit. Church & State (1839) 166 Reasonable men are easily satisfied: would they were as numerous as they are pacable! 1860 W. M. Thackeray Screens in Dining-rooms in Roundabout Papers vi That last Roundabout Paper..was written in a pacable and not unchristian frame of mind. 1872 Overland Monthly Apr. 329/2 Revengeful, but avaricious, being always pacable with money. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1833
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