personableadj.

Brit.

/ˈpəːsn̩əbl/,

/ˈpəːs(ə)nəbl/, U.S.

/ˈpərs(ə)nəb(ə)l/

Forms: late Middle English personabil, late Middle English– personable, 1700s personible, 1700s–1800s parsonable.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: person n., -able suffix.

Etymology: < person n. + -able suffix. Compare post-classical Latin personabilis personal (late 13th cent. in a British source), Middle French personable (of a person) remarkable, important (1528).Sense 1 is apparently not attested in either Middle French or post-classical Latin. With sense 2 compare Law French parsonable (1557) in a later version of the passage translated in quot. 1528-30 at sense 2. With sense 3 compare earlier personably adv. 2. With the form personible compare -ible suffix.

a. Pleasing in appearance; good-looking; presentable.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > pleasing appearance > [adjective] > specifically of persons

faireOE

seemlya1225

featous1340

jolly?a1366

tretis?a1366

comelya1375

covenablea1375

well-beseenc1374

favourablea1398

farrandc1400

personable?1435

well-favoureda1438

covenantc1440

likelyc1450

trety?c1450

tret1488

decore?a1513

jimp?a1513

wally?a1513

smotter?1520

snout-fair1530

well-looking1613

comely-looking1648

personal1658

comely-looked1664

winsome1677

tidy1714

good-looking1715

well to be seen1809

?1435 in C. L. Kingsford Chrons. London (1905) 78 The kyng, his ffadir, so visited with sekenesse, was not personable and therto not dysposed to comone conuersacion.

a1450 Generides (Pierpont Morgan) (1865) 1552 She fast beheld..His bodie so personable and plesaunt, So feir and so wel y-wroght.

1541 T. Elyot Image of Gouernance xxviii. f. 61 One woman..hath many childern, of them some be fayre and personable, some ylle fauoured and croked.

1582 R. Mulcaster 1st Pt. Elementarie iii. 14 Was not Saul noted in his election to be king, to haue bene taller and more personable, then the rest of the peple?

1622 S. Ward Life of Faith in Death 69 The most personable Creature that euer the Sunne saw.

a1661 W. Brereton Trav. (1844) 105 Proper, personable, well~complectioned men.

1722 D. Defoe Moll Flanders 224 I was Tall and Personable, but a little too smooth Fac'd for a Man.

1732 J. Swift Mary the Cook-maid's Let. in Misc.: 3rd Vol. i. 40 My Master is a parsonable Man, and not a spindle-shank'd hoddy doddy.

1815 Sporting Mag. 45 79 She was..too personable and attractive a nymph to be without a swain.

a1888 L. Wallack Rosedale v. ii, in L. Grover et al. Davy Crockett & Other Plays (1940) 58 Maybe some young officer would take a fancy to me for I know I'm parsonable.

1937 Life 12 Apr. 82/1 For 10¢ a dance he may cavort about with any one of 50 girls, most of them young and some of them personable.

1992 G. Adair Post-modernist always rings Twice 180 An exquisitely personable lover in his early twenties.

b. Pleasing in manner or behaviour; likeable; agreeable.Frequently overlapping with sense 1a.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > liking or favourable regard > [adjective] > likeable or agreeable

likewurtheeOE

likeworthyc1175

lovablea1400

likesomea1565

likeable1653

simpatico1844

OK1871

adorable1908

personable1953

1953 M. Longaker & E. C. Bowles Contemp. Eng. Lit. 276 Sir George Sitwell..emerges, if not the hero of the memoirs, a very personable and likeable figure.

1967 G. Vidal Holy Family in I. Hamilton Penguin Bk. 20th-cent. Ess. (1999) 393 With adroit handling a personable candidate can be made to seem whatever the zeitgeist demands.

1991 N.Y. Times Mag. 1 Dec. 67/2 Though her eloquence can be intimidating, she comes across as personable.

†2. Law. Having the status of a legal person, and as such competent to maintain a plea in court, or to take something granted or given. See person n. 7. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > legal capacity > [adjective] > having status of legal person

personable1528

1528–30 tr. T. Littleton Tenures (new ed.) f. xxiiii Whan he is made abbot he is as a man personable [Fr. (1481) un homme ou persone, (1557) vn home parsonable] in the lawe alonly to purchase & to haue landes & tenementes..to the vse of his house & not to his owne propre vse.

1607 J. Cowell Interpreter sig. Bbb4/1 The tenent pleaded that the wife was an alien borne in Portingall... The plaintife saith: shee was made personable by Parlament... Personable is also as much, as to be of capacitie to take any thing graunted or giuen.

1607 J. Cowell Interpreter sig. Bbb4/1 The demaundant was iudged personable to maintaine this action.

1660 R. Sheringham Kings Supremacy Asserted (1682) vii. 68 All agreed that the King was Personable, and discharged from all attainder in the very act that he took the Kingdom upon him.

†3. Performed in person; = personal adj. 2a. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > place > presence > [adjective] > present in person > involving presence in person

personalc1400

personable1632

in-person1952

1632 in W. W. Hening Statutes at Large: Coll. Laws Virginia (1823) I. 172 Exempted from theire personable service in the warrs.

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

单词	personable
释义	personableadj. Brit. /ˈpəːsn̩əbl/, /ˈpəːs(ə)nəbl/, U.S. /ˈpərs(ə)nəb(ə)l/ Forms: late Middle English personabil, late Middle English– personable, 1700s personible, 1700s–1800s parsonable. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: person n., -able suffix. Etymology: < person n. + -able suffix. Compare post-classical Latin personabilis personal (late 13th cent. in a British source), Middle French personable (of a person) remarkable, important (1528).Sense 1 is apparently not attested in either Middle French or post-classical Latin. With sense 2 compare Law French parsonable (1557) in a later version of the passage translated in quot. 1528-30 at sense 2. With sense 3 compare earlier personably adv. 2. With the form personible compare -ible suffix. 1. a. Pleasing in appearance; good-looking; presentable. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > pleasing appearance > [adjective] > specifically of persons faireOE seemlya1225 featous1340 jolly?a1366 tretis?a1366 comelya1375 covenablea1375 well-beseenc1374 favourablea1398 farrandc1400 personable?1435 well-favoureda1438 covenantc1440 likelyc1450 trety?c1450 tret1488 decore?a1513 jimp?a1513 wally?a1513 smotter?1520 snout-fair1530 well-looking1613 comely-looking1648 personal1658 comely-looked1664 winsome1677 tidy1714 good-looking1715 well to be seen1809 ?1435 in C. L. Kingsford Chrons. London (1905) 78 The kyng, his ffadir, so visited with sekenesse, was not personable and therto not dysposed to comone conuersacion. a1450 Generides (Pierpont Morgan) (1865) 1552 She fast beheld..His bodie so personable and plesaunt, So feir and so wel y-wroght. 1541 T. Elyot Image of Gouernance xxviii. f. 61 One woman..hath many childern, of them some be fayre and personable, some ylle fauoured and croked. 1582 R. Mulcaster 1st Pt. Elementarie iii. 14 Was not Saul noted in his election to be king, to haue bene taller and more personable, then the rest of the peple? 1622 S. Ward Life of Faith in Death 69 The most personable Creature that euer the Sunne saw. a1661 W. Brereton Trav. (1844) 105 Proper, personable, well~complectioned men. 1722 D. Defoe Moll Flanders 224 I was Tall and Personable, but a little too smooth Fac'd for a Man. 1732 J. Swift Mary the Cook-maid's Let. in Misc.: 3rd Vol. i. 40 My Master is a parsonable Man, and not a spindle-shank'd hoddy doddy. 1815 Sporting Mag. 45 79 She was..too personable and attractive a nymph to be without a swain. a1888 L. Wallack Rosedale v. ii, in L. Grover et al. Davy Crockett & Other Plays (1940) 58 Maybe some young officer would take a fancy to me for I know I'm parsonable. 1937 Life 12 Apr. 82/1 For 10¢ a dance he may cavort about with any one of 50 girls, most of them young and some of them personable. 1992 G. Adair Post-modernist always rings Twice 180 An exquisitely personable lover in his early twenties. b. Pleasing in manner or behaviour; likeable; agreeable.Frequently overlapping with sense 1a. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > liking or favourable regard > [adjective] > likeable or agreeable likewurtheeOE likeworthyc1175 lovablea1400 likesomea1565 likeable1653 simpatico1844 OK1871 adorable1908 personable1953 1953 M. Longaker & E. C. Bowles Contemp. Eng. Lit. 276 Sir George Sitwell..emerges, if not the hero of the memoirs, a very personable and likeable figure. 1967 G. Vidal Holy Family in I. Hamilton Penguin Bk. 20th-cent. Ess. (1999) 393 With adroit handling a personable candidate can be made to seem whatever the zeitgeist demands. 1991 N.Y. Times Mag. 1 Dec. 67/2 Though her eloquence can be intimidating, she comes across as personable. †2. Law. Having the status of a legal person, and as such competent to maintain a plea in court, or to take something granted or given. See person n. 7. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal capacity > [adjective] > having status of legal person personable1528 1528–30 tr. T. Littleton Tenures (new ed.) f. xxiiii Whan he is made abbot he is as a man personable [Fr. (1481) un homme ou persone, (1557) vn home parsonable] in the lawe alonly to purchase & to haue landes & tenementes..to the vse of his house & not to his owne propre vse. 1607 J. Cowell Interpreter sig. Bbb4/1 The tenent pleaded that the wife was an alien borne in Portingall... The plaintife saith: shee was made personable by Parlament... Personable is also as much, as to be of capacitie to take any thing graunted or giuen. 1607 J. Cowell Interpreter sig. Bbb4/1 The demaundant was iudged personable to maintaine this action. 1660 R. Sheringham Kings Supremacy Asserted (1682) vii. 68 All agreed that the King was Personable, and discharged from all attainder in the very act that he took the Kingdom upon him. †3. Performed in person; = personal adj. 2a. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > presence > [adjective] > present in person > involving presence in person personalc1400 personable1632 in-person1952 1632 in W. W. Hening Statutes at Large: Coll. Laws Virginia (1823) I. 172 Exempted from theire personable service in the warrs. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.?1435
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