† plicableadj.

Forms: late Middle English plicabel, late Middle English–1500s plicable.

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

Etymology: < post-classical Latin plicabilis pliable, flexible (from 12th cent. in British sources) < classical Latin plicāre to fold, bend (see plicate v.) + -bilis -ble suffix.

Obsolete. rare.

Flexible.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > pliableness > [adjective]

tougha700

lithyc1000

softc1330

weak?a1366

plianta1382

persha1398

plyinga1398

lithec1400

supplec1400

plicable?a1425

curvable?1440

lethec1440

scretec1440

pliablec1475

bowable1483

bowing1483

waldinc1485

supple1513

flexible1548

limber1565

lither1565

bending1567

osier1577

wiry1588

buxom1590

withy1598

suppliable1599

renderingc1600

fluxible1607

winding1609

bendable1611

flippant1622

flexive1629

flexile1633

maniable1633

compliant1667

flectible1705

limp1706

yieldy1757

complying1774

limberly1782

willowy1791

switchy1810

wandy1825

twistable1853

bendsome1861

whippy1867

swack1868

bendy1873

?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (Hunterian) f. 49 (MED) Þe vtilite whi þat þe ere is plicabel is for two skilles.

a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) vii. 1220 The merciful gold [of] Phebus nat plicable To haue compassioun, because attempraunce Was set aside & lost hir gouernaunce.

c1450 (?c1408) J. Lydgate Reson & Sensuallyte (1901) 6813 Glas ys..Rede to breke, but nat to plye..Men kan nat maken yt plicable Nor forge yt to be Malliable.

1577 Vicary's Profitable Treat. Anat. sig. F.j The Nose is a member..somewhat plicable, because it shoulde the better be clensed.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	plicable
释义	† plicableadj. Forms: late Middle English plicabel, late Middle English–1500s plicable. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin plicabilis. Etymology: < post-classical Latin plicabilis pliable, flexible (from 12th cent. in British sources) < classical Latin plicāre to fold, bend (see plicate v.) + -bilis -ble suffix. Obsolete. rare. Flexible. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > pliableness > [adjective] tougha700 lithyc1000 softc1330 weak?a1366 plianta1382 persha1398 plyinga1398 lithec1400 supplec1400 plicable?a1425 curvable?1440 lethec1440 scretec1440 pliablec1475 bowable1483 bowing1483 waldinc1485 supple1513 flexible1548 limber1565 lither1565 bending1567 osier1577 wiry1588 buxom1590 withy1598 suppliable1599 renderingc1600 fluxible1607 winding1609 bendable1611 flippant1622 flexive1629 flexile1633 maniable1633 compliant1667 flectible1705 limp1706 yieldy1757 complying1774 limberly1782 willowy1791 switchy1810 wandy1825 twistable1853 bendsome1861 whippy1867 swack1868 bendy1873 ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (Hunterian) f. 49 (MED) Þe vtilite whi þat þe ere is plicabel is for two skilles. a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) vii. 1220 The merciful gold [of] Phebus nat plicable To haue compassioun, because attempraunce Was set aside & lost hir gouernaunce. c1450 (?c1408) J. Lydgate Reson & Sensuallyte (1901) 6813 Glas ys..Rede to breke, but nat to plye..Men kan nat maken yt plicable Nor forge yt to be Malliable. 1577 Vicary's Profitable Treat. Anat. sig. F.j The Nose is a member..somewhat plicable, because it shoulde the better be clensed. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.?a1425
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