serviableadj.

Brit.

/ˈsəːvɪəbl/, U.S.

/ˈsərviəb(ə)l/

Forms: late Middle English serueabul, late Middle English seruiabyll, late Middle English seruyabull, late Middle English servyable, late Middle English–1500s seruiable, late Middle English–1500s seruyable, 1600s 1800s– serviable; Scottish pre-1700 seruyabill, pre-1700 serviabill, pre-1700 serviable, pre-1700 servyable, pre-1700 serwyabill.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French serviable.

Etymology: Originally < Middle French serviable ready or willing to serve (c1160 in Old French; French serviable ), alteration (after amiable amiable adj.) of servisable serviceable adj. In later use reborrowed < French serviable. Compare slightly later servable adj.¹Sense 2 is not paralleled in French.

1. Ready or willing to serve; obedient, complaisant; obliging. Cf. servable adj.¹rare after 17th cent.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > obedience > manageability > [adjective] > compliant

ablec1384

obedientc1400

supplec1405

accordinga1425

plianta1425

serviablea1425

appliable1449

bowablec1449

applicant?c1500

pliablea1513

applying?1529

flexible?1531

maniablea1604

correspondenta1616

compliable1641

compliant1642

complaisant1647

flexile1651

complacential1658

complying1668

commode1674

complaisential1689

applicable1702

complacent1790

unprotesting1792

a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer Romaunt Rose (Hunterian) (1891) l. 6004 They..ben in good feith more stable And trewer and more seruiable.

c1430 (c1395) G. Chaucer Clerk's Tale (Cambr. Gg.4.27) (1873) l. 979 And sche þe moste seruyable [c1405 Hengwrt seruysable] of alle Hath euery chambre arayed and his halle.

a1500 (a1471) G. Ashby Active Policy Prince l. 472 in Poems (1899) 28 Also chese your servantes of goode draught, That wol attente and be seruiable.

c1540 Good Lesson for Yonge Men sig. A.i^v Whyle thou arte yonge, be meke and seruyable Vnto thy souereygnes.

1638 W. Haig in J. Russell Haigs of Bemersyde (1881) 219 Your loving and servyable friend.

1838 T. Moore Jrnl. 3 Sept. (1988) V. 1996 Got on by the rail-road to Dublin, accompanied by the very good-natured fellow OReilly..whom we had picked up by the way, and found most serviable through our journey.

1892 Liverpool Mercury 29 Sept. 5/3 The ordinary peasants in Switzerland are not merely ready to converse and to show themselves in every way ‘serviable’, but are commonly able to impart much interesting information on many subjects.

1951 D. Mathew Mango on Mango Tree 223 There was, thought Véronique, no one more serviable than the English upper servant.

†2. Scottish. Belonging to the servant class. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > service > servant > [adjective] > of servant class

serviable1612

below stairs1772

1612 in R. S. Barclay Court Bk. Orkney & Shetland (1962) 20 Act for Servandis. Item: forsamekill as thair is monie serviable persones that mareyis and takis up houssis, not haveing quhairupone to live [etc.].

Derivatives

† serviableness n. Obsolete

ΚΠ

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement iii. f. lxiii/2 Seruyablenesse, seruiableté.

1548 W. Lynne tr. Urbanus Regius Declararation Twelue Articles Christen Faythe sig. Miij Almes is all maner of seruiablenes towardes thy neyghbour.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	serviable
释义	serviableadj. Brit. /ˈsəːvɪəbl/, U.S. /ˈsərviəb(ə)l/ Forms: late Middle English serueabul, late Middle English seruiabyll, late Middle English seruyabull, late Middle English servyable, late Middle English–1500s seruiable, late Middle English–1500s seruyable, 1600s 1800s– serviable; Scottish pre-1700 seruyabill, pre-1700 serviabill, pre-1700 serviable, pre-1700 servyable, pre-1700 serwyabill. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French serviable. Etymology: Originally < Middle French serviable ready or willing to serve (c1160 in Old French; French serviable ), alteration (after amiable amiable adj.) of servisable serviceable adj. In later use reborrowed < French serviable. Compare slightly later servable adj.¹Sense 2 is not paralleled in French. 1. Ready or willing to serve; obedient, complaisant; obliging. Cf. servable adj.¹rare after 17th cent. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > obedience > manageability > [adjective] > compliant ablec1384 obedientc1400 supplec1405 accordinga1425 plianta1425 serviablea1425 appliable1449 bowablec1449 applicant?c1500 pliablea1513 applying?1529 flexible?1531 maniablea1604 correspondenta1616 compliable1641 compliant1642 complaisant1647 flexile1651 complacential1658 complying1668 commode1674 complaisential1689 applicable1702 complacent1790 unprotesting1792 a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer Romaunt Rose (Hunterian) (1891) l. 6004 They..ben in good feith more stable And trewer and more seruiable. c1430 (c1395) G. Chaucer Clerk's Tale (Cambr. Gg.4.27) (1873) l. 979 And sche þe moste seruyable [c1405 Hengwrt seruysable] of alle Hath euery chambre arayed and his halle. a1500 (a1471) G. Ashby Active Policy Prince l. 472 in Poems (1899) 28 Also chese your servantes of goode draught, That wol attente and be seruiable. c1540 Good Lesson for Yonge Men sig. A.i^v Whyle thou arte yonge, be meke and seruyable Vnto thy souereygnes. 1638 W. Haig in J. Russell Haigs of Bemersyde (1881) 219 Your loving and servyable friend. 1838 T. Moore Jrnl. 3 Sept. (1988) V. 1996 Got on by the rail-road to Dublin, accompanied by the very good-natured fellow OReilly..whom we had picked up by the way, and found most serviable through our journey. 1892 Liverpool Mercury 29 Sept. 5/3 The ordinary peasants in Switzerland are not merely ready to converse and to show themselves in every way ‘serviable’, but are commonly able to impart much interesting information on many subjects. 1951 D. Mathew Mango on Mango Tree 223 There was, thought Véronique, no one more serviable than the English upper servant. †2. Scottish. Belonging to the servant class. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > servant > [adjective] > of servant class serviable1612 below stairs1772 1612 in R. S. Barclay Court Bk. Orkney & Shetland (1962) 20 Act for Servandis. Item: forsamekill as thair is monie serviable persones that mareyis and takis up houssis, not haveing quhairupone to live [etc.]. Derivatives † serviableness n. Obsolete ΚΠ 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement iii. f. lxiii/2 Seruyablenesse, seruiableté. 1548 W. Lynne tr. Urbanus Regius Declararation Twelue Articles Christen Faythe sig. Miij Almes is all maner of seruiablenes towardes thy neyghbour. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1425
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