单词 | praisable |
释义 | praisableadj. Deserving of praise; praiseworthy, laudable, commendable. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > praiseworthiness > [adjective] loflyOE herewortha1225 praisablec1350 provablea1382 heryful1382 praisefulc1384 commendablec1386 lowablea1400 allowablec1400 meritable?1400 laudablec1420 thankworthy1421 lovablec1422 thankworth?1426 thanklewe1430 recommendable1477 meritoriousa1513 praiseworthya1538 apprisablec1540 plausible1561 praiseworth1591 applausive1605 allaudable1727 c1350 Psalter (BL Add. 17376) in K. D. Bülbring Earliest Compl. Eng. Prose Psalter (1891) 192 (MED) Þe praiseable numbre of prophetes herieþ þe. c1390 in F. J. Furnivall Minor Poems Vernon MS (1901) ii. 543 (MED) In good tyme he was boren, I-wis, Þat preisable [Fr. preysable] is and not preised is. a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) 2 Tim. ii. 15 Bisili kepe to ȝyue thi silf a preued, preisable werkman to God. c1484 (a1475) J. de Caritate tr. Secreta Secret. (Takamiya) (1977) 163 (MED) Þe most preysabyl..of euiry wyne is þat qwyche comyth of grapys growyng in pleynys be-twene mowteynis. 1509 J. Fisher Mornynge Remembraunce Countesse of Rychemonde (de Worde) sig. Aiii She had in maner all yt was praysable in a woman eyther in soule or in body. 1602 W. Segar Honor Mil. & Civill ii. xviii. 91 To encourage these Gentlemen in so praiseable an enterprise. 1716 M. Davies Athenæ Britannicæ II. 424 Laudable or Praisable Subsistency or Co-originating Resultancy. 1891 Rev. of Reviews 14 Nov. 517/2 This simple and praiseable quality of work. 1901 E. Nesbit Wouldbegoods 136 Doing dull and praiseable things—like sewing, and helping with the cooking, and taking invalid delicacies to the poor and indignant [sic]. 1991 Philos. Rev. 100 121 We desire to be praisable, to be the authors of our creations, to be autonomous, and so forth. DerivativesΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > praiseworthiness > [noun] praising?c1225 admirationa1533 praiseworthiness1549 praise1589 admirableness1607 admirability1613 commendablenessa1639 praisableness1648 recommendableness1660 laudableness1695 laudability1715 recommendability1843 1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Lof-waerdigheyt, praiseablenesse, or Laudablenesse. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.c1350 |
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