personablenessn.

Brit.

/ˈpəːsn̩əblnəs/,

/ˈpəːs(ə)nəblnəs/, U.S.

/ˈpərs(ə)nəbəlnəs/

Forms: see personable adj. and -ness suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: personable adj., -ness suffix.

Etymology: < personable adj. + -ness suffix.

rare in 18th and 19th centuries.

Pleasing personal appearance, handsomeness. Later also: pleasantness, the quality of being likeable. Cf. personable adj. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > appearance or aspect > [noun] > of some quality > pleasant

personableness1582

1582 R. Mulcaster 1st Pt. Elementarie iii. 14 Personablenesse is an allurement to obedience, a gracious deliuerer of anie inward vertew.

1604 T. Wright Passions of Minde (new ed.) v. 223 An apt figure, and personablenes of body.

1654 R. Codrington tr. Justinus Hist. i. 21 Darius besides his personableness and his vertue, was of neer relation in blood to the ancient Kings.

a1817 J. Austen Persuasion (1818) III. iii. 46 I know no other set of men but what lose something of their personableness when they cease to be quite young.

1944 C. M. Tyron in N. B. Henry Adolescence xii. 227 Certain qualities which we are prone to think of as ‘feminine’, such as gentleness, personableness, friendliness, [etc.]

1987 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 23 Oct. vi. 10/1 It [sc. a band] did..win points for personableness.

1997 Acad. Managem. Jrnl. 40 955 I used the Harris and Fink measures of perceived recruiter personableness.

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

单词	personableness
释义	personablenessn. Brit. /ˈpəːsn̩əblnəs/, /ˈpəːs(ə)nəblnəs/, U.S. /ˈpərs(ə)nəbəlnəs/ Forms: see personable adj. and -ness suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: personable adj., -ness suffix. Etymology: < personable adj. + -ness suffix. rare in 18th and 19th centuries. Pleasing personal appearance, handsomeness. Later also: pleasantness, the quality of being likeable. Cf. personable adj. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > appearance or aspect > [noun] > of some quality > pleasant personableness1582 1582 R. Mulcaster 1st Pt. Elementarie iii. 14 Personablenesse is an allurement to obedience, a gracious deliuerer of anie inward vertew. 1604 T. Wright Passions of Minde (new ed.) v. 223 An apt figure, and personablenes of body. 1654 R. Codrington tr. Justinus Hist. i. 21 Darius besides his personableness and his vertue, was of neer relation in blood to the ancient Kings. a1817 J. Austen Persuasion (1818) III. iii. 46 I know no other set of men but what lose something of their personableness when they cease to be quite young. View more context for this quotation 1944 C. M. Tyron in N. B. Henry Adolescence xii. 227 Certain qualities which we are prone to think of as ‘feminine’, such as gentleness, personableness, friendliness, [etc.] 1987 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 23 Oct. vi. 10/1 It [sc. a band] did..win points for personableness. 1997 Acad. Managem. Jrnl. 40 955 I used the Harris and Fink measures of perceived recruiter personableness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1582
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