bearablenessn.
/ˈbɛːrəblnəs/, U.S. /ˈbɛrəb(ə)lnəs/ The quality or fact of being endurable or tolerable; = bearability n. 1b.
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the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > mediocrity > [noun] > tolerable quality
tolerability1640
bearableness1727
bearability1958
the mind > emotion > calmness > patience > [noun] > forbearance or tolerance > quality of being endurable or tolerable
comportableness1642
supportableness1649
patiency1655
tolerablenessa1678
bearableness1727
supportability1800
livableness1860
bearability1881
1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II. at Tolerableness Bearableness.
1826 Times 17 Nov. We do not meddle with the justice or common sense, or lawfulness, or bearableness of doctrines like the above.
1925 Amer. Mercury July 327/1 It was her youthful coming and going in that rickety house that gilded their bleak middle-aged hours into bearableness.
2005 H. ten Have & J. Welie Death & Med. Power v. 162 When the patient is no longer competent, suddenly physicians and family members become able to assess the bearableness of patients' suffering.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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n.1727- to turn a person the back
- to turn a person's blood to etc
- to turn a person's blood to gall
- to turn a person's blood to ice
- to turn a person's blood to poison
- to turn a person's blood to water
- to turn a person's brain
- to turn a person's head
- to turn a person's heart
- to turn a person's stomach
- to turn a profit
- to turn a sheet sides to middle
- to turn a sock
- to turn a sword flat
- to turn a text like a welshman's hose
- to turn a trick
- to turn a wheel
- to turn a word like a welshman's hose
- to turn about
- to turn adrift
- to turn again
- to turn aloose
- to turn an honest penny
- to turn and wind
- to turn and wind oneself