permissibleadj.

Brit.

/pəˈmɪsᵻbl/, U.S.

/pərˈmɪsəb(ə)l/

Forms: Middle English permyssyble, 1500s– permissible.

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

Etymology: < post-classical Latin permissibilis that can be permitted, allowable (c1290 in a British source) < classical Latin permiss- , past participial stem of permittere permit v. + -ibilis -ible suffix. Compare Middle French (Liège) permissible (in an apparently isolated attestation), French permissible (1845, rare), Italian permissibile (a1580).A parallel formation permissable is also occasionally attested (compare -able suffix).

That can or ought to be permitted; allowable.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > lack of subjection > permission > [adjective] > that can be permitted

sufferablea1395

admittable?1406

allowable1445

permissiblea1475

congeable1528

tolerable1531

lowable1538

grantable1548

permittable?1575

venial1597

lawful1600

admissible1611

a1475 (?a1430) J. Lydgate tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Life Man (Vitell.) 10840 (MED) Yt ys at alle tymes Permyssyble to pylgrymes To bern A skryppe & ek a staff [Fr. la cause qui souffisant est Descharpe et de bourdon porter].

1559 Sir R. Cecil Let. in Full View Public Trans. Reign Q. Elizabeth (1740) I. 131 The Scottes would have it made permissible, that the subjects of eche nation might traffique one with other.

1609 R. Parsons Quiet Reckoning vii. 485 The contrary therof is not to be condemned for sinne, but permissible.

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Permissible, which may be permitted or suffered.

1782 J. Aitken Elements Theory & Pract. Physic & Surg. 532 A point equidistant from the back and breast bones..is commonly eligible; a latitude in this respect is permissible.

1848 J. S. Mill Princ. Polit. Econ. I. 88 They may think such conduct permissible.

1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People viii. §1. 455 A course of doctrine and discipline, from which no variation was legally permissible.

1916 J. Joyce Portrait of Artist v. 250 When you have apprehended that basket as one thing and have then analysed it according to its form and apprehended it as a thing you make the only synthesis which is logically and esthetically permissible.

1989 B. H. Kerblay Gorbachev's Russia ix. 83 The speeches made for the anniversary itself reflected the consensus finally arrived at in the Politburo, together with the limits to permissible revision.

Compounds

permissible dose n. Radiology the maximum amount of ionizing radiation considered to be consistent with a person's health and safety.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > physics > atomic nucleus > measurement of ionizing radiation > [noun] > acceptable dose

permissible dose1948

1948 Science 25 June 684/1 If one were to receive this permissible dose on his hands, each square centimetre of area will have been struck by 4 × 10⁵ beta particles.

2001 Jrnl. Med. Res. Inst. 22 76 The dose in the control room is within the limits of the recommended permissible dose for the working staff.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	permissible
释义	permissibleadj. Brit. /pəˈmɪsᵻbl/, U.S. /pərˈmɪsəb(ə)l/ Forms: Middle English permyssyble, 1500s– permissible. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin permissibilis. Etymology: < post-classical Latin permissibilis that can be permitted, allowable (c1290 in a British source) < classical Latin permiss- , past participial stem of permittere permit v. + -ibilis -ible suffix. Compare Middle French (Liège) permissible (in an apparently isolated attestation), French permissible (1845, rare), Italian permissibile (a1580).A parallel formation permissable is also occasionally attested (compare -able suffix). That can or ought to be permitted; allowable. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > permission > [adjective] > that can be permitted sufferablea1395 admittable?1406 allowable1445 permissiblea1475 congeable1528 tolerable1531 lowable1538 grantable1548 permittable?1575 venial1597 lawful1600 admissible1611 a1475 (?a1430) J. Lydgate tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Life Man (Vitell.) 10840 (MED) Yt ys at alle tymes Permyssyble to pylgrymes To bern A skryppe & ek a staff [Fr. la cause qui souffisant est Descharpe et de bourdon porter]. 1559 Sir R. Cecil Let. in Full View Public Trans. Reign Q. Elizabeth (1740) I. 131 The Scottes would have it made permissible, that the subjects of eche nation might traffique one with other. 1609 R. Parsons Quiet Reckoning vii. 485 The contrary therof is not to be condemned for sinne, but permissible. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Permissible, which may be permitted or suffered. 1782 J. Aitken Elements Theory & Pract. Physic & Surg. 532 A point equidistant from the back and breast bones..is commonly eligible; a latitude in this respect is permissible. 1848 J. S. Mill Princ. Polit. Econ. I. 88 They may think such conduct permissible. 1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People viii. §1. 455 A course of doctrine and discipline, from which no variation was legally permissible. 1916 J. Joyce Portrait of Artist v. 250 When you have apprehended that basket as one thing and have then analysed it according to its form and apprehended it as a thing you make the only synthesis which is logically and esthetically permissible. 1989 B. H. Kerblay Gorbachev's Russia ix. 83 The speeches made for the anniversary itself reflected the consensus finally arrived at in the Politburo, together with the limits to permissible revision. Compounds permissible dose n. Radiology the maximum amount of ionizing radiation considered to be consistent with a person's health and safety. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > atomic nucleus > measurement of ionizing radiation > [noun] > acceptable dose permissible dose1948 1948 Science 25 June 684/1 If one were to receive this permissible dose on his hands, each square centimetre of area will have been struck by 4 × 10⁵ beta particles. 2001 Jrnl. Med. Res. Inst. 22 76 The dose in the control room is within the limits of the recommended permissible dose for the working staff. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1475
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