proportionablenessn.
/prəˈpɔːʃn̩əblnəs/, /prəˈpɔːʃ(ə)nəblnəs/, U.S. /prəˈpɔrʃənəb(ə)lnəs/, /pərˈpɔrʃənəb(ə)lnəs/ rare after 17th cent.
The quality or fact of being proportionable.
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the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > [noun] > due proportion or proportionateness
proportiona1382
equality1447
proportioningc1450
temperance1471
temperancy1526
proportionality1545
commensurability1570
equability1576
proportionableness1606
apportionateness1645
proportionateness1658
commensurateness1661
proportionability1697
1606 E. Forset Compar. Disc. Bodies Nat. & Politique 49 There must be a proportionablenesse and a kind of vnanimitie of the members.
1633 T. Adams Comm. 2 Peter (ii. 17) 988 This is the proportionablenesse of it [i.e. punishment].
1699 Ld. Shaftesbury Inq. conc. Virtue ii. i. 99 We see in all other Creatures around us so great a proportionableness, constancy and regularity in all their passions and affections.
1880 F. Hand Aesthetics of Musical Art ii. 187 Either the comprehensibleness of melody, or the proportionableness of harmony, or the free play of the fantasy prevails.
1971 ELH 38 324 Such efforts at proportionableness were a habit of mind in the Middle Ages.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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