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单词 rejectible
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rejectibleadj.n.

Brit. /rᵻˈdʒɛktᵻbl/, U.S. /rəˈdʒɛktəbəl/, /riˈdʒɛktəbəl/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: reject v., -ible suffix.
Etymology: < reject v. + -ible suffix. Compare earlier rejectable adj.
A. adj.
= rejectable adj.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > statement > refusal > [adjective] > rejecting > that may be rejected
refusable1570
rejectable?1575
refutable1600
rejectible1656
1656 J. Sparrow tr. J. Böhme Aurora xi. 213 All the while they [sc. men's accomplishments] do not wither in the Spirit, they are not rejectible [Ger. verwerfflich], but when the Spirit withereth.
1747 S. Richardson Clarissa I. xl. 272 He would be far from being rejectible as a companion for life.
1824 J. Bentham & P. Bingham Bk. Fallacies iv. vi. 271 When any existing state of things has too much evil in it to be defensible in toto, or proposals for amendment are too plainly necessary to be rejectible in toto, [etc.].
1948 Harvard Law Rev. 62 34 Another form of option, commonly known as a rejectible offer, may appear in a sale-and-lease-back agreement.
1998 Philos. Issues 9 140 It is perceptual-recognitional ways of thinking of Fs which makes even the most modest theoretical claim about Fs rejectible without unintelligibility.
B. n.
Something that may or should be rejected. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > statement > refusal > [noun] > rejection or non-acceptance > something that can be rejected
rejectible1702
the mind > language > statement > refusal > [adjective] > rejecting > deserving rejection
refusablec1454
rejectitious1615
rejectaneous1627
disacceptable1653
rejectible1702
1702 S. Parker tr. Cicero Five Bks. De Finibus v. 353 Terms Unheard-of and Invented by themselves, Producta, for Instance, and Rejecta (as if one shou'd say Promotables and Rejectibles).
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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