repudiableadj.

Brit.

/rᵻˈpjuːdɪəbl/, U.S.

/rəˈpjudiəb(ə)l/,

/riˈpjudiəb(ə)l/

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French répudiable; Latin repudiabilis.

Etymology: < French répudiable that should or may be repudiated (c1512 in Middle French) or its etymon post-classical Latin repudiabilis that may be repudiated (6th cent.) < classical Latin repudiāre repudiate v. + -bilis -ble suffix. Compare earlier repudiate v., repudy v., repudious adj.

That should or may be repudiated.

ΚΠ

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Repudiable, repudiable, refusable [etc.].

1647 Bp. J. Taylor Θεολογία Ἐκλεκτική v. 96 The reasons..make the Authority it selfe the lesse authentick and more repudiable.

1798 tr. I. Kant Ess. & Treat. I. 101 The principle of proper felicity..is the most repudiable, not merely because it is false.

1837 J. Pring Christian Modes of Thinking & Doing III. ii. vi. 445 The..‘children of this world’.., with their fashions, follies and prepossessions; composing altogether a most repudiable body of some five or six thousand years' growth.

1848 Ann. Hort. 545 We believe most of the plants which exist in the country have been raised either by cuttings or by the fashionable but repudiable process of grafting.

1901 Times 18 Jan. 7/4 We do not share the Senate's views of the freely repudiable character of an international bargain.

1994 D. Kandiyoti in A. Cornwall & N. Lindisfarne Dislocating Masculinity xii. 198 The young son of the repudiated or repudiable mother, powerless in the face of an aloof, unpredictable and seemingly all-powerful father.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	repudiable
释义	repudiableadj. Brit. /rᵻˈpjuːdɪəbl/, U.S. /rəˈpjudiəb(ə)l/, /riˈpjudiəb(ə)l/ Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French répudiable; Latin repudiabilis. Etymology: < French répudiable that should or may be repudiated (c1512 in Middle French) or its etymon post-classical Latin repudiabilis that may be repudiated (6th cent.) < classical Latin repudiāre repudiate v. + -bilis -ble suffix. Compare earlier repudiate v., repudy v., repudious adj. That should or may be repudiated. ΚΠ 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Repudiable, repudiable, refusable [etc.]. 1647 Bp. J. Taylor Θεολογία Ἐκλεκτική v. 96 The reasons..make the Authority it selfe the lesse authentick and more repudiable. 1798 tr. I. Kant Ess. & Treat. I. 101 The principle of proper felicity..is the most repudiable, not merely because it is false. 1837 J. Pring Christian Modes of Thinking & Doing III. ii. vi. 445 The..‘children of this world’.., with their fashions, follies and prepossessions; composing altogether a most repudiable body of some five or six thousand years' growth. 1848 Ann. Hort. 545 We believe most of the plants which exist in the country have been raised either by cuttings or by the fashionable but repudiable process of grafting. 1901 Times 18 Jan. 7/4 We do not share the Senate's views of the freely repudiable character of an international bargain. 1994 D. Kandiyoti in A. Cornwall & N. Lindisfarne Dislocating Masculinity xii. 198 The young son of the repudiated or repudiable mother, powerless in the face of an aloof, unpredictable and seemingly all-powerful father. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1611
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