sacrificableadj.

(stress variable)

Etymology: < Latin sacrificāre to sacrifice, < sacrificus sacrific adj.¹: see -able suffix.

Capable of being offered as a sacrifice; also, rightly or properly to be sacrificed.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > sacrifice or a sacrifice > [adjective] > suitable for sacrifice

sacrificeable1483

sacrifiable1603

sacrificable1650

1650 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica (ed. 2) v. xiv. 216 Yet might it [Jephthah's vow] be restrained in the sense, for whatsoever was sacrificable, and justly subject to lawfull immolation.

1880 Phrenol. Jrnl. & Eclectic Teacher Feb. 99/1 She revolted at the idea, refused to consider herself sacrificable to his desires, and sent a polite note of refusal.

1973 N.Y. Law Jrnl. 27 Feb. No citizen's individuality is sacrificable to expediency.

1975 M. Douglas in A. Spicer Bread Part I. 9 1975 M. Douglas in A. Spicer Bread Part I. 9 The quadruped flocks and herds of the Israelites..were the model of the most sacrificable and most edible kinds of meat.

2002 J. Copjec Imagine there's No Woman ii. 78 The sacrifice of the only thing that could not be sacrificed, the exception to the list of sacrificable things, is described by Lacan as the ethical gesture par excellence.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	sacrificable
释义	sacrificableadj. (stress variable) Etymology: < Latin sacrificāre to sacrifice, < sacrificus sacrific adj.¹: see -able suffix. Capable of being offered as a sacrifice; also, rightly or properly to be sacrificed. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > sacrifice or a sacrifice > [adjective] > suitable for sacrifice sacrificeable1483 sacrifiable1603 sacrificable1650 1650 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica (ed. 2) v. xiv. 216 Yet might it [Jephthah's vow] be restrained in the sense, for whatsoever was sacrificable, and justly subject to lawfull immolation. 1880 Phrenol. Jrnl. & Eclectic Teacher Feb. 99/1 She revolted at the idea, refused to consider herself sacrificable to his desires, and sent a polite note of refusal. 1973 N.Y. Law Jrnl. 27 Feb. No citizen's individuality is sacrificable to expediency. 1975 M. Douglas in A. Spicer Bread Part I. 9 1975 M. Douglas in A. Spicer Bread Part I. 9 The quadruped flocks and herds of the Israelites..were the model of the most sacrificable and most edible kinds of meat. 2002 J. Copjec Imagine there's No Woman ii. 78 The sacrifice of the only thing that could not be sacrificed, the exception to the list of sacrificable things, is described by Lacan as the ethical gesture par excellence. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.1650
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