readableadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈriːdəbl/, U.S.

/ˈridəb(ə)l/

Forms: see read v. and -able suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; originally modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: read v., -able suffix.

Etymology: < read v. + -able suffix, originally after post-classical Latin legibilis legible adj. Compare legible adj.

A. adj.

a. Legible.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > reading > [adjective] > capable of being read

legible1407

readablea1425

perusable1759

society > communication > writing > written text > [adjective] > capable of being read, legible

legible1407

readablea1425

a1425 Medulla Gram. (Stonyhurst) f. 37 Legibilis, redable.

1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Iiv^v/2 Both readable, and legible, signifie legibilis.

1836 J. Grant Great Metropolis II. v. 223 When a reporter takes copious notes of any speech, it usually requires five times the time to extend those notes in a readable hand.

1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer (1891) 232 Every one..will help the owner of a stray beast to get him, if his brand is readable.

1932 W. Faulkner Light in August iii. 53 The paint..had weathered out of the fading letters. They were still readable, however.

1988 E. Segal Doctors xxiv. 381 No fancy doctor on Park Avenue would write a readable prescription—or he'd lose his mystique.

2006 Time Out N.Y. 12 Jan. 60/4 An era when ‘instant messaging’ meant large-lettered signs readable from across the road.

b. In extended use: (of a person, the heart, etc.) having a discernible character or nature; (more generally) decipherable, understandable.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > [adjective]

understandinga1382

sensiblea1393

knowablea1425

perceivablec1443

takablec1449

understandablec1475

intendible1489

intentiblea1492

intelligible1509

facile1531

level1559

discernable1561

receptible1574

intendable?1577

excogitable1592

penetrable1594

comprehensible1598

scrutablec1604

distinguishable1611

discernible1616

perviousa1631

fathomable1633

cognoscible1648

colligible1650

determinable1658

intelligent1676

cognizable1681

apprehensive1692

susceptible1694

tangible1709

apprehensible1715

pronounced1728

comprehendible1814

graspable1818

prehensiblea1832

prononcé1838

possible1864

receivable1865

unsmothered1891

readable1908

discriminable1946

1908 M. J. Cawein Poems 45 Then is the heart made readable.

1937 ‘M. Innes’ Hamlet, Revenge! i. i. 18 The Duchess strikes me as essentially readable. But the Duke puzzles me.

1967 T. W. Blackburn Good Day to Die xx. 150 The Dakotan said no more, nor was there anything readable behind the uncommunicative eyes.

2000 Art Rev. Dec.–Jan. 29/1 His brushwork later became more controlled, his imagery more readable.

2. Of written text: clear, comprehensible; easy, enjoyable, or interesting to read; written in a lively or attractive style. Also (of an author): producing work of this nature.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > reading > [adjective] > capable of being read > with pleasure, interest, etc.

legible1558

readable1738

perusable1759

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > clarity > [adjective] > readable

readable1738

1738 Defoe's Compl. Eng. Tradesman (rev. ed.) II. xxxii. 59 As to the words Debtor and Creditor in his cash-book,..I think they are not only sense and readable, but they are really necessary.

1771 Monthly Rev. Dec. 493 The real Author of these Letters..chose to turn it to what literary advantage he might make of a couple of very readable volumes.

1790 W. Gilpin Expos. New Test. p. v You exactly hit my idea, when you called it a readable one—in opposition, I suppose, to the generality of expositions, which are too diffuse to be read with ease.

a1817 J. Austen Northanger Abbey (1818) I. vi. 74 Sir Charles Grandison! That is an amazing horrid book... I thought it had not been readable.

1832 Examiner 84/2 Putting the law in a readable and understandable shape.

1895 J. H. Round in Bookman Oct. 25/2 This history..is..a straightforward, readable narrative.

1910 Geogr. Jrnl. 36 354 It is eminently readable,..not arranged on a strict system, but full of varied information.

1966 Listener 10 Feb. 214/3 Author and subject come too close for full artistic success, though it is compulsively readable.

2005 Independent 18 Mar. (Arts & Bks. Review section) 24/4 Neuberger is always readable.

†3. Allowing or enabling reading. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > reading > [adjective] > admitting of reading

readable1819

society > communication > reading > [adjective] > enabling reading

readable1859

1819 T. McCrie Life Melville I. iv. 217 The provost was bound to read lessons in Theology once a week—and the bachelor every readable day.

1859 H. T. Ellis Hong Kong to Manilla 39 Only sufficiently transparent to admit what might be called a readable amount of light.

a. Of a telegraph or radio signal: that registers on a receiving device; receivable.

ΚΠ

1859 Times 20 June 7/6 The stoppage of readable signals a month after the cable was laid.

1907 Science 13 Dec. 823/2 Over a distance of fifteen miles..readable signals were received at a speed of seventy words per minute.

1957 Pract. Wireless 33 729/1 Beginners on the VHF bands may radiate a readable signal easily enough, but run into difficulties on reception.

1994 Osiris 9 50 Simple vertical galvanometers..sufficed to show that enough current was getting through to produce readable signals.

b. Computing. Of data, or a data storage medium or device: capable of being processed by a computer or other electronic device (cf. read v. 11e); = machine-readable adj. at machine n. Compounds 2. Cf. computer-readable at computer n. Compounds 4a.

ΘΚΠ

society > computing and information technology > [adjective] > machine readable

computerized1952

machinable1954

machine-readable1960

readable1960

1960 Rev. Educ. Res. 30 523 Readable media are punched cards, punched paper tape, and digital magnetic tape.

1985 Computerworld (Nexis) 16 Sept. 73 The SSA tests random samples of the tapes..and has never found one with readable data on it.

1991 Sci. Amer. Sept. 114/2 That data base is typical of the type of information that is available when credit cards or any electronically readable media are used to make a purchase.

2003 Personal Computer World Jan. 110/2 After recording, the disc is closed, and cannot be used for multi-session recording, though it's readable in an audio CD player.

B. n.

A readable work.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > reading > [noun] > reading matter

reading?c1225

reading matter1704

readable1848

legibles1864

bumf1917

1848 H. D. Thoreau in Union Mag. Aug. 79/2 This was the readable, or reading matter, in a lumberer's camp in the Maine woods.

1864 Realm 9 Mar. 8 Though the ingenuity of the story permits us to class this book among the readables.

1977 New Yorker 1 Aug. 13/3 Sales clerks..stacked giant displays of discounted readables.

2006 Tatler Aug. 46/2 Carry a lurid stack of readables wherever you go.

Derivatives

ˈreadableness n. the quality of being readable or legible.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > reading > [noun] > readability

legibleness1657

legibility1812

readability1834

readableness1844

society > communication > writing > handwriting or style of > [noun] > easily read, legibility

legibleness1657

legibility1665

readableness1844

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > clarity > [noun] > readability

readability1834

readableness1844

1844 S. R. Maitland Dark Ages 69 The correctness and readableness of our own edition of a father or a classic.

1953 Sat. Rev. (U.S.) 15 Aug. 14/1 This, however, does not detract by any means from the readableness of this unusually interesting and extremely lively collection.

2001 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 31 May 28/4 It is at moments like these that one is grateful for the readableness of Hass's translation.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	readable
释义	readableadj.n. Brit. /ˈriːdəbl/, U.S. /ˈridəb(ə)l/ Forms: see read v. and -able suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; originally modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: read v., -able suffix. Etymology: < read v. + -able suffix, originally after post-classical Latin legibilis legible adj. Compare legible adj. A. adj. 1. a. Legible. ΘΚΠ society > communication > reading > [adjective] > capable of being read legible1407 readablea1425 perusable1759 society > communication > writing > written text > [adjective] > capable of being read, legible legible1407 readablea1425 a1425 Medulla Gram. (Stonyhurst) f. 37 Legibilis, redable. 1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Iiv^v/2 Both readable, and legible, signifie legibilis. 1836 J. Grant Great Metropolis II. v. 223 When a reporter takes copious notes of any speech, it usually requires five times the time to extend those notes in a readable hand. 1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer (1891) 232 Every one..will help the owner of a stray beast to get him, if his brand is readable. 1932 W. Faulkner Light in August iii. 53 The paint..had weathered out of the fading letters. They were still readable, however. 1988 E. Segal Doctors xxiv. 381 No fancy doctor on Park Avenue would write a readable prescription—or he'd lose his mystique. 2006 Time Out N.Y. 12 Jan. 60/4 An era when ‘instant messaging’ meant large-lettered signs readable from across the road. b. In extended use: (of a person, the heart, etc.) having a discernible character or nature; (more generally) decipherable, understandable. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > [adjective] understandinga1382 sensiblea1393 knowablea1425 perceivablec1443 takablec1449 understandablec1475 intendible1489 intentiblea1492 intelligible1509 facile1531 level1559 discernable1561 receptible1574 intendable?1577 excogitable1592 penetrable1594 comprehensible1598 scrutablec1604 distinguishable1611 discernible1616 perviousa1631 fathomable1633 cognoscible1648 colligible1650 determinable1658 intelligent1676 cognizable1681 apprehensive1692 susceptible1694 tangible1709 apprehensible1715 pronounced1728 comprehendible1814 graspable1818 prehensiblea1832 prononcé1838 possible1864 receivable1865 unsmothered1891 readable1908 discriminable1946 1908 M. J. Cawein Poems 45 Then is the heart made readable. 1937 ‘M. Innes’ Hamlet, Revenge! i. i. 18 The Duchess strikes me as essentially readable. But the Duke puzzles me. 1967 T. W. Blackburn Good Day to Die xx. 150 The Dakotan said no more, nor was there anything readable behind the uncommunicative eyes. 2000 Art Rev. Dec.–Jan. 29/1 His brushwork later became more controlled, his imagery more readable. 2. Of written text: clear, comprehensible; easy, enjoyable, or interesting to read; written in a lively or attractive style. Also (of an author): producing work of this nature. ΘΚΠ society > communication > reading > [adjective] > capable of being read > with pleasure, interest, etc. legible1558 readable1738 perusable1759 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > clarity > [adjective] > readable readable1738 1738 Defoe's Compl. Eng. Tradesman (rev. ed.) II. xxxii. 59 As to the words Debtor and Creditor in his cash-book,..I think they are not only sense and readable, but they are really necessary. 1771 Monthly Rev. Dec. 493 The real Author of these Letters..chose to turn it to what literary advantage he might make of a couple of very readable volumes. 1790 W. Gilpin Expos. New Test. p. v You exactly hit my idea, when you called it a readable one—in opposition, I suppose, to the generality of expositions, which are too diffuse to be read with ease. a1817 J. Austen Northanger Abbey (1818) I. vi. 74 Sir Charles Grandison! That is an amazing horrid book... I thought it had not been readable. 1832 Examiner 84/2 Putting the law in a readable and understandable shape. 1895 J. H. Round in Bookman Oct. 25/2 This history..is..a straightforward, readable narrative. 1910 Geogr. Jrnl. 36 354 It is eminently readable,..not arranged on a strict system, but full of varied information. 1966 Listener 10 Feb. 214/3 Author and subject come too close for full artistic success, though it is compulsively readable. 2005 Independent 18 Mar. (Arts & Bks. Review section) 24/4 Neuberger is always readable. †3. Allowing or enabling reading. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > communication > reading > [adjective] > admitting of reading readable1819 society > communication > reading > [adjective] > enabling reading readable1859 1819 T. McCrie Life Melville I. iv. 217 The provost was bound to read lessons in Theology once a week—and the bachelor every readable day. 1859 H. T. Ellis Hong Kong to Manilla 39 Only sufficiently transparent to admit what might be called a readable amount of light. 4. a. Of a telegraph or radio signal: that registers on a receiving device; receivable. ΚΠ 1859 Times 20 June 7/6 The stoppage of readable signals a month after the cable was laid. 1907 Science 13 Dec. 823/2 Over a distance of fifteen miles..readable signals were received at a speed of seventy words per minute. 1957 Pract. Wireless 33 729/1 Beginners on the VHF bands may radiate a readable signal easily enough, but run into difficulties on reception. 1994 Osiris 9 50 Simple vertical galvanometers..sufficed to show that enough current was getting through to produce readable signals. b. Computing. Of data, or a data storage medium or device: capable of being processed by a computer or other electronic device (cf. read v. 11e); = machine-readable adj. at machine n. Compounds 2. Cf. computer-readable at computer n. Compounds 4a. ΘΚΠ society > computing and information technology > [adjective] > machine readable computerized1952 machinable1954 machine-readable1960 readable1960 1960 Rev. Educ. Res. 30 523 Readable media are punched cards, punched paper tape, and digital magnetic tape. 1985 Computerworld (Nexis) 16 Sept. 73 The SSA tests random samples of the tapes..and has never found one with readable data on it. 1991 Sci. Amer. Sept. 114/2 That data base is typical of the type of information that is available when credit cards or any electronically readable media are used to make a purchase. 2003 Personal Computer World Jan. 110/2 After recording, the disc is closed, and cannot be used for multi-session recording, though it's readable in an audio CD player. B. n. A readable work. ΘΚΠ society > communication > reading > [noun] > reading matter reading?c1225 reading matter1704 readable1848 legibles1864 bumf1917 1848 H. D. Thoreau in Union Mag. Aug. 79/2 This was the readable, or reading matter, in a lumberer's camp in the Maine woods. 1864 Realm 9 Mar. 8 Though the ingenuity of the story permits us to class this book among the readables. 1977 New Yorker 1 Aug. 13/3 Sales clerks..stacked giant displays of discounted readables. 2006 Tatler Aug. 46/2 Carry a lurid stack of readables wherever you go. Derivatives ˈreadableness n. the quality of being readable or legible. ΘΚΠ society > communication > reading > [noun] > readability legibleness1657 legibility1812 readability1834 readableness1844 society > communication > writing > handwriting or style of > [noun] > easily read, legibility legibleness1657 legibility1665 readableness1844 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > clarity > [noun] > readability readability1834 readableness1844 1844 S. R. Maitland Dark Ages 69 The correctness and readableness of our own edition of a father or a classic. 1953 Sat. Rev. (U.S.) 15 Aug. 14/1 This, however, does not detract by any means from the readableness of this unusually interesting and extremely lively collection. 2001 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 31 May 28/4 It is at moments like these that one is grateful for the readableness of Hass's translation. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.n.a1425
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