acceptableadj.

Brit.

/əkˈsɛptəbl/,

/akˈsɛptəbl/, U.S.

/əkˈsɛptəb(ə)l/,

/ækˈsɛptəb(ə)l/

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

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Middle French acceptable (French acceptable ) agreeable (12th cent. in Old French), that may be accepted (13th cent.) < post-classical Latin acceptabilis probable, credible (late 2nd cent. in Tertullian), pleasing, agreeable, welcome (Vetus Latina, Vulgate) < classical Latin acceptāre accept v. + -bilis -ble suffix.In earlier use often stressed on the first syllable. N.E.D. (1884) notes the persistence of this stress pattern regularly in verse until the late 19th cent.: ‘and so in all poets to the present day’.

1. Capable or worthy of acceptance; pleasing, agreeable, welcome.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > quality of being pleasant or pleasurable > [adjective]

winsomea900

sweetc900

likingeOE

i-quemec950

lieflyOE

winlyOE

hereOE

thankfulc1000

merryOE

queemc1175

beina1200

willea1200

leesomec1200

savouryc1225

estea1250

i-wilc1275

winc1275

welcomea1300

doucea1350

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acceptablea1382

pleasablea1382

pleasanta1382

pleaseda1382

acceptedc1384

amiablec1384

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queemfulc1390

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comelyc1400

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goodlyc1405

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placablec1429

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winful1438

listyc1440

dulcet1445

agreeablec1450

favourousc1485

sweetly?a1500

pleasureful?c1502

dulcea1513

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odoriferous?1575

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tickle1593

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favoursome1601

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Hyblaean1614

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sapid1640

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tastefula1659

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gratifactorya1665

bland1667

suavious1669

palatable1683

placent1683

complaisant1710

nice1747

tasty1796

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titbit1820

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cunning1843

mooi1850

gemütlich1852

sympathique1859

congenial1878

sympathetic1900

sipid1908

onkus1910

sympathisch1911

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > quality of being approvable or acceptable > [adjective]

acceptablea1382

acceptedc1384

admittable?1406

approvablec1449

eligiblea1500

plausible1541

admissable1587

avowable1602

applausive1605

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vendible1642

plaudablea1650

unexceptionable1664

favourable1666

unobnoxious1678

unexceptioned1704

right1748

unregrettable1748

undisgusting1755

unexceptional1775

all right1868

unarraignable1886

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1961) Lev. i. 4 Hit shal be acceptable [L. acceptabilis] & profytynge into þe clansynge of hym.

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Titus ii. 14 He schulde aȝen bye vs..made clene a peple acceptable [L. acceptabilem] to him silf.

c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Summoner's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 205 Oure prayeres..Be to the hye god moore acceptable.

?a1425 (a1415) Lanterne of Liȝt (Harl.) (1917) 18 (MED) To proue hise seruauntis bi þe furneise of penaunce acceptable.

1447 O. Bokenham Lives of Saints (Arun.) (1938) l. 9749 (MED) But þat þe acceptabyllere þe sacryfyse Of hyr preyers to god myht alwey be.

a1500 (?c1378) J. Wyclif Eng. Wks. (1880) 427 (MED) Degre takun in scole makiþ goddis word more acceptable.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Micah vi. 6 What acceptable thynge shal I offre vnto the Lorde?

1611 Bible (King James) Deut. xxxiii. 24 And of Asher hee said,..Let him be acceptable to his brethren.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost x. 139 This Woman whom thou mad'st to be my help..So fit, so acceptable, so Divine.

1743 J. Wesley & C. Wesley Coll. Psalms (new ed.) cxviii. 10 Now, send us now thy saving Grace, Make This the acceptable Hour.

1777 G. Forster Voy. round World II. 224 Time makes these indelicate viands acceptable and delicious to their taste.

1849 W. Irving Oliver Goldsmith (rev. ed.) xxix. 253 He was becoming more and more acceptable in ladies' eyes.

1867 G. Meredith Let. 13 Dec. (1970) I. 364 We carry big but immoveable guns, and the work you can supply will be heartily acceptable.

1916 Bull. Dept. Forestry Brit. N. Borneo No. 1. 19 The better coloured and figured pieces of Seriah make very acceptable substitutes for Mahogany.

1972 J. Johnston Captains & Kings 57 ‘I'll make you some coffee if you like.’‘Thank you, Charles, that would be most acceptable.’

1992 J. A. Michener Mexico xx. 625 She had taken a strong liking to this highly acceptable young man.

2. Tolerable or allowable; not a cause for concern; within prescribed parameters.

ΚΠ

1897 Jrnl. Amer. Public Health Assoc. Oct. 314 The air..retains the same acceptable amount of carbonic acid from a hygienic point of view.

1960 F. Land Lang. Math. xiv. 253 A correlation less than 0·9 between the two performances of the same test would indicate that its reliability was below the acceptable level.

1971 Sci. Year 1972 222 Fusion researchers have been trying to find magnetic-bottle configurations that will be able to reduce the microinstabilities to acceptable proportions.

1991 Here's Health Jan. 70/3 The US Government Accounting Office announced the results of its 45-state survey of mammographic facilities and found that more than half were exposing women to higher than acceptable levels of radiation.

2004 H. Fearnley-Whittingstall River Cottage Meat Bk. ii. 32 In the case of intensive broiler houses (poultry being raised for the meat industry), these acceptable mortality rates can be as high as 30 per cent.

Phrases

Originally British. the acceptable face of ——: that which represents or embodies the more tolerable or agreeable aspect of (something usually perceived as unpopular or objectionable).Recorded earliest in the acceptable face of capitalism: cf. the unacceptable face of —— at unacceptable adj.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > quality of being approvable or acceptable > [noun] > that which embodies the acceptable

the acceptable face of ——1973

1973 Guardian 28 June 1/6 What is likely to cause the row is not this ‘acceptable’ face of capitalism but the fact that the mass of shareholders..are to receive a record distribution.

1973 Guardian 14 July 15/2 (heading) The acceptable face of taxpaying.

1981 ‘Q. Crisp’ How to become Virgin vi. 83 Bit by bit..I was becoming the almost acceptable face of homosexuality.

1986 Times 31 Oct. 21/1 Sheikh Yamani has long appeared as the acceptable face of Opec.

1993 Hot Air Oct. 54/2 An abrasive, blokish sort of comedian, whose quick-fire standup routines are a million miles away from the Cambridge-bred humour of the acceptable face of alternative comedy.

2003 K. Sampson Freshers 48 There's a time and a place for Royksopp—the acceptable face of ambient lounge.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	acceptable
释义	acceptableadj. Brit. /əkˈsɛptəbl/, /akˈsɛptəbl/, U.S. /əkˈsɛptəb(ə)l/, /ækˈsɛptəb(ə)l/ Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French acceptable. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Middle French acceptable (French acceptable ) agreeable (12th cent. in Old French), that may be accepted (13th cent.) < post-classical Latin acceptabilis probable, credible (late 2nd cent. in Tertullian), pleasing, agreeable, welcome (Vetus Latina, Vulgate) < classical Latin acceptāre accept v. + -bilis -ble suffix.In earlier use often stressed on the first syllable. N.E.D. (1884) notes the persistence of this stress pattern regularly in verse until the late 19th cent.: ‘and so in all poets to the present day’. 1. Capable or worthy of acceptance; pleasing, agreeable, welcome. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > quality of being pleasant or pleasurable > [adjective] winsomea900 sweetc900 likingeOE i-quemec950 lieflyOE winlyOE hereOE thankfulc1000 merryOE queemc1175 beina1200 willea1200 leesomec1200 savouryc1225 estea1250 i-wilc1275 winc1275 welcomea1300 doucea1350 well-pleasingc1350 acceptablea1382 pleasablea1382 pleasanta1382 pleaseda1382 acceptedc1384 amiablec1384 well-likinga1387 queemfulc1390 flattering1393 pleasinga1398 well-queeminga1400 comelyc1400 farrandc1400 greable1401 goodlyc1405 amicable?a1425 placablec1429 amene1433 winful1438 listyc1440 dulcet1445 agreeablec1450 favourousc1485 sweetly?a1500 pleasureful?c1502 dulcea1513 grate1523 prettya1529 plausible1541 jolly1549 dulcoratec1550 toothsome1551 pleasurable1557 tickling1558 suavec1560 amenous1567 odoriferous?1575 perfumed1580 glada1586 tickle1593 pleasurous1595 favoursome1601 dulcean1606 gratifying1611 Hyblaean1614 gratulatea1616 arrident1616 solacefula1618 pleasantable1619 placid1628 contentsome1632 sapid1640 canny1643 gustful1647 peramene1657 pergrateful1657 tastefula1659 complacent1660 placentiousa1661 gratifactorya1665 bland1667 suavious1669 palatable1683 placent1683 complaisant1710 nice1747 tasty1796 sweetsome1799 titbit1820 connate1836 cunning1843 mooi1850 gemütlich1852 sympathique1859 congenial1878 sympathetic1900 sipid1908 onkus1910 sympathisch1911 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > quality of being approvable or acceptable > [adjective] acceptablea1382 acceptedc1384 admittable?1406 approvablec1449 eligiblea1500 plausible1541 admissable1587 avowable1602 applausive1605 admissible1611 vendible1642 plaudablea1650 unexceptionable1664 favourable1666 unobnoxious1678 unexceptioned1704 right1748 unregrettable1748 undisgusting1755 unexceptional1775 all right1868 unarraignable1886 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1961) Lev. i. 4 Hit shal be acceptable [L. acceptabilis] & profytynge into þe clansynge of hym. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Titus ii. 14 He schulde aȝen bye vs..made clene a peple acceptable [L. acceptabilem] to him silf. c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Summoner's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 205 Oure prayeres..Be to the hye god moore acceptable. ?a1425 (a1415) Lanterne of Liȝt (Harl.) (1917) 18 (MED) To proue hise seruauntis bi þe furneise of penaunce acceptable. 1447 O. Bokenham Lives of Saints (Arun.) (1938) l. 9749 (MED) But þat þe acceptabyllere þe sacryfyse Of hyr preyers to god myht alwey be. a1500 (?c1378) J. Wyclif Eng. Wks. (1880) 427 (MED) Degre takun in scole makiþ goddis word more acceptable. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Micah vi. 6 What acceptable thynge shal I offre vnto the Lorde? 1611 Bible (King James) Deut. xxxiii. 24 And of Asher hee said,..Let him be acceptable to his brethren. View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost x. 139 This Woman whom thou mad'st to be my help..So fit, so acceptable, so Divine. View more context for this quotation 1743 J. Wesley & C. Wesley Coll. Psalms (new ed.) cxviii. 10 Now, send us now thy saving Grace, Make This the acceptable Hour. 1777 G. Forster Voy. round World II. 224 Time makes these indelicate viands acceptable and delicious to their taste. 1849 W. Irving Oliver Goldsmith (rev. ed.) xxix. 253 He was becoming more and more acceptable in ladies' eyes. 1867 G. Meredith Let. 13 Dec. (1970) I. 364 We carry big but immoveable guns, and the work you can supply will be heartily acceptable. 1916 Bull. Dept. Forestry Brit. N. Borneo No. 1. 19 The better coloured and figured pieces of Seriah make very acceptable substitutes for Mahogany. 1972 J. Johnston Captains & Kings 57 ‘I'll make you some coffee if you like.’‘Thank you, Charles, that would be most acceptable.’ 1992 J. A. Michener Mexico xx. 625 She had taken a strong liking to this highly acceptable young man. 2. Tolerable or allowable; not a cause for concern; within prescribed parameters. ΚΠ 1897 Jrnl. Amer. Public Health Assoc. Oct. 314 The air..retains the same acceptable amount of carbonic acid from a hygienic point of view. 1960 F. Land Lang. Math. xiv. 253 A correlation less than 0·9 between the two performances of the same test would indicate that its reliability was below the acceptable level. 1971 Sci. Year 1972 222 Fusion researchers have been trying to find magnetic-bottle configurations that will be able to reduce the microinstabilities to acceptable proportions. 1991 Here's Health Jan. 70/3 The US Government Accounting Office announced the results of its 45-state survey of mammographic facilities and found that more than half were exposing women to higher than acceptable levels of radiation. 2004 H. Fearnley-Whittingstall River Cottage Meat Bk. ii. 32 In the case of intensive broiler houses (poultry being raised for the meat industry), these acceptable mortality rates can be as high as 30 per cent. Phrases Originally British. the acceptable face of ——: that which represents or embodies the more tolerable or agreeable aspect of (something usually perceived as unpopular or objectionable).Recorded earliest in the acceptable face of capitalism: cf. the unacceptable face of —— at unacceptable adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > quality of being approvable or acceptable > [noun] > that which embodies the acceptable the acceptable face of ——1973 1973 Guardian 28 June 1/6 What is likely to cause the row is not this ‘acceptable’ face of capitalism but the fact that the mass of shareholders..are to receive a record distribution. 1973 Guardian 14 July 15/2 (heading) The acceptable face of taxpaying. 1981 ‘Q. Crisp’ How to become Virgin vi. 83 Bit by bit..I was becoming the almost acceptable face of homosexuality. 1986 Times 31 Oct. 21/1 Sheikh Yamani has long appeared as the acceptable face of Opec. 1993 Hot Air Oct. 54/2 An abrasive, blokish sort of comedian, whose quick-fire standup routines are a million miles away from the Cambridge-bred humour of the acceptable face of alternative comedy. 2003 K. Sampson Freshers 48 There's a time and a place for Royksopp—the acceptable face of ambient lounge. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.a1382
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