accusableadj.

Brit.

/əˈkjuːzəbl/, U.S.

/əˈkjuzəb(ə)l/

Forms: 1500s accusabill (Scottish), 1500s (Scottish) 1600s– accusable.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin accūsābilis.

Etymology: < classical Latin accūsābilis reprehensible < accūsāre accuse v. + -bilis -ble suffix. Compare Middle French, French accusable (1549), Spanish acusable (1531), Italian accusabile (1639).

Able to be accused; open to an accusation (of); blameworthy, reprehensible.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > accusation, charge > [adjective] > open to accusation

chesounablea1340

challengeable1377

accusablea1525

answerable1527

condemnablea1586

responsible1648

imputable1660

chargeable1662

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > blame > [adjective] > blameworthy

to lackc1330

faulty1380

blameable1387

blameworthy1387

blamefulc1430

accusablea1525

wity1530

faultworthy1586

demeritorious1593

culpable1604

obnoxious1604

taxable1610

a1525 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1923) I. 172/13 Quha that is accusable of thare misdeidis.

1574 in J. D. Marwick Rec. Convent. Royal Burghs Scotl. (1870) I. 26 Thay and thair commisaris to be haldin accusabill [etc.].

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 245 Wherein indeed the hand of the Painter is not accusable, but the judgement of the common Spectator.

1676 A. Marvell Mr. Smirke sig. H4 Yet those that were accusable were all very well satisfied.

1701 D. Hamilton Inward Testimony Spirit Christ 163 That is owing to his own fault and accusable Laziness.

1772 Gazetteer & New Daily Advertiser 23 Nov. The people or commoners were at a great loss to know in what cases, and in what manner a Peer of Parliament was accusable.

1841 Monthly Rev. June 229 We think that both husband and wife were in part accusable for the consequences.

1851 T. De Quincey Sketch from Childhood in Hogg's Instructor New Ser. 6 233/2 Thumping, or trying to thump, somebody who is accused or accusable of being heterodox.

1920 N. Amer. Rev. Mar. 358 The very human hero, an accusable character, a Union spy with a divided duty before him.

2004 Economist 30 Oct. 12/1 Israel and Palestine remain in their bitter conflict, with America readily accusable of bias.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	accusable
释义	accusableadj. Brit. /əˈkjuːzəbl/, U.S. /əˈkjuzəb(ə)l/ Forms: 1500s accusabill (Scottish), 1500s (Scottish) 1600s– accusable. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin accūsābilis. Etymology: < classical Latin accūsābilis reprehensible < accūsāre accuse v. + -bilis -ble suffix. Compare Middle French, French accusable (1549), Spanish acusable (1531), Italian accusabile (1639). Able to be accused; open to an accusation (of); blameworthy, reprehensible. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > accusation, charge > [adjective] > open to accusation chesounablea1340 challengeable1377 accusablea1525 answerable1527 condemnablea1586 responsible1648 imputable1660 chargeable1662 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > blame > [adjective] > blameworthy to lackc1330 faulty1380 blameable1387 blameworthy1387 blamefulc1430 accusablea1525 wity1530 faultworthy1586 demeritorious1593 culpable1604 obnoxious1604 taxable1610 a1525 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1923) I. 172/13 Quha that is accusable of thare misdeidis. 1574 in J. D. Marwick Rec. Convent. Royal Burghs Scotl. (1870) I. 26 Thay and thair commisaris to be haldin accusabill [etc.]. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 245 Wherein indeed the hand of the Painter is not accusable, but the judgement of the common Spectator. View more context for this quotation 1676 A. Marvell Mr. Smirke sig. H4 Yet those that were accusable were all very well satisfied. 1701 D. Hamilton Inward Testimony Spirit Christ 163 That is owing to his own fault and accusable Laziness. 1772 Gazetteer & New Daily Advertiser 23 Nov. The people or commoners were at a great loss to know in what cases, and in what manner a Peer of Parliament was accusable. 1841 Monthly Rev. June 229 We think that both husband and wife were in part accusable for the consequences. 1851 T. De Quincey Sketch from Childhood in Hogg's Instructor New Ser. 6 233/2 Thumping, or trying to thump, somebody who is accused or accusable of being heterodox. 1920 N. Amer. Rev. Mar. 358 The very human hero, an accusable character, a Union spy with a divided duty before him. 2004 Economist 30 Oct. 12/1 Israel and Palestine remain in their bitter conflict, with America readily accusable of bias. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.a1525
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