sortableadj.

Brit.

/ˈsɔːtəbl/, U.S.

/ˈsɔrdəb(ə)l/

Forms: Also 1500s sortible, 1800s dialect soortable.

Etymology: < French sortable (15th cent.), or < sort v.¹ + -able suffix.

†1. Suitable, appropriate; fit or befitting. Usually const. to (or unto). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > [adjective]

goodeOE

rightOE

queemlOE

belonglOE

behovingc1175

limplyc1200

tidefula1300

avenantc1300

mackc1330

worthy1340

hemea1350

convenientc1374

seemlya1375

shapelyc1374

ablea1382

cordant1382

meetc1385

accordable1386

accordinga1387

appurtenantc1386

pertinentc1390

accordanta1393

likea1393

setea1400

throa1400

agreeablec1425

habilec1425

suitly1426

competentc1430

suiting1431

fitc1440

proportionablec1443

justc1450

congruent?a1475

cordinga1475

congruec1475

afferant1480

belonging1483

cordable1485

hovable1508

attainanta1513

accommodate1525

agreeing1533

respondent1533

opportunate?1541

appropriate1544

commode1549

familiar1553

apt1563

pliant1565

liable1570

sortly1570

competible1586

sortable1586

fitty1589

accommodable1592

congruable1603

affining1606

feated1606

suity1607

reputable1611

suited1613

idoneousa1615

matchable1614

suitablea1616

congruous1631

fitten1642

responsal1647

appropriated1651

adapt1658

mack-like1672

squared1698

homogeneous1708

applicable1711

unforeign1718

fitted1736

congenial1738

assorted1790

accommodatable1874

OK1925

1586 J. Ferne Blazon of Gentrie 339 To serue him in anye seruice or office,..suche as be sortible to his degree.

1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 1329 The Moone: which they seeing to be so subject to growing and decreasing,..thought..to be sortable unto the mutability of the Dæmons kinde.

1627 R. Sanderson Ten Serm. 422 There are generous and ingenuous and liberall imployments, sortable to the greatest births and educations.

a1665 K. Digby Private Mem. (1827) 17 Recreations..sortable to their age.

1817 W. Scott Rob Roy III. vii. 187 It's a pity his Excellency is a thought eldern. The like o' yoursell, or my son..Hamish, wad be mair sortable in point of years.

2. northern dialect. Capable of going together.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > [adjective] > that brings into agreement or harmony > that can be brought into agreement

alliable1543

reconciliable1609

concurrible1611

reconcilable1612

sortablea1642

compliable1642

conciliable1645

a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 116 In the choise of good deales,..that they bee sortable, i.e. all of one length, all of one breadth, and all of one thicknesse.

1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby Soortable, accordant or companionable.

†3. Of a cargo: Properly assorted; composed of suitable sorts. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > transportation by water > [adjective] > that forms a cargo > of cargo: properly sorted

well-sorted1573

sortable1725

1725 D. Defoe Compl. Eng. Tradesman I. viii. 102 When merchants send adventures to our British colonies, 'tis usual with them to make up to each factor what they call a sortable cargoe.

1727 D. Defoe Tour Great Brit. III. iii. 90 The Scots Merchants are at no Loss how to make up sortable Cargoes to send with their Ships to the Plantations.

1817 W. Scott Rob Roy II. xiii. 266 The facilities which Glasgow possessed of making up sortable cargoes for that market.

4. Capable of being sorted or arranged.

ΚΠ

1972 Computers & Humanities 6 188 Description: Creates sortable tape from card or card-image input, sorts tape, adds..other information to sorted tape.

Derivatives

† ˈsortably adv. Obsolete

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > [adverb]

wellOE

tidily1340

avenantlya1375

covenablyc1384

featlya1400

propera1400

queema1400

congruelyc1400

conably1411

cordingc1420

convenablyc1430

competentlyc1440

fitc1440

accordantlyc1443

accordinglyc1443

conveniently1447

at pointc1485

congruentlya1529

appliablyc1530

afferandly1536

suitingly1540

aptly1548

answerably1549

fitlyc1550

agreeingly1563

suitable1584

not unfitly1586

aptitudinallyc1600

handsome1600

sortfully1606

sortably1607

congruouslya1620

accommodately1623

adaptlya1648

inabusivelya1677

suitably1681

agreeably1753

appropriately1795

suitly1913

righteous1948

1607 in Plomer Abstr. fr. Wills Eng. Printers (1903) 42 If..Nicholas Bourne shall..take so manie books..sorteablie thorough out all my warehouses as they shall arise.

1608 Dispute Question of Kneeling 7 Shall not he who is a coheir with Christ at his table cary himselfe sortably to the said person of coheir?

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Sortablement, sortably, fitly.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	sortable
释义	sortableadj. Brit. /ˈsɔːtəbl/, U.S. /ˈsɔrdəb(ə)l/ Forms: Also 1500s sortible, 1800s dialect soortable. Etymology: < French sortable (15th cent.), or < sort v.¹ + -able suffix. †1. Suitable, appropriate; fit or befitting. Usually const. to (or unto). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > [adjective] goodeOE rightOE queemlOE belonglOE behovingc1175 limplyc1200 tidefula1300 avenantc1300 mackc1330 worthy1340 hemea1350 convenientc1374 seemlya1375 shapelyc1374 ablea1382 cordant1382 meetc1385 accordable1386 accordinga1387 appurtenantc1386 pertinentc1390 accordanta1393 likea1393 setea1400 throa1400 agreeablec1425 habilec1425 suitly1426 competentc1430 suiting1431 fitc1440 proportionablec1443 justc1450 congruent?a1475 cordinga1475 congruec1475 afferant1480 belonging1483 cordable1485 hovable1508 attainanta1513 accommodate1525 agreeing1533 respondent1533 opportunate?1541 appropriate1544 commode1549 familiar1553 apt1563 pliant1565 liable1570 sortly1570 competible1586 sortable1586 fitty1589 accommodable1592 congruable1603 affining1606 feated1606 suity1607 reputable1611 suited1613 idoneousa1615 matchable1614 suitablea1616 congruous1631 fitten1642 responsal1647 appropriated1651 adapt1658 mack-like1672 squared1698 homogeneous1708 applicable1711 unforeign1718 fitted1736 congenial1738 assorted1790 accommodatable1874 OK1925 1586 J. Ferne Blazon of Gentrie 339 To serue him in anye seruice or office,..suche as be sortible to his degree. 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 1329 The Moone: which they seeing to be so subject to growing and decreasing,..thought..to be sortable unto the mutability of the Dæmons kinde. 1627 R. Sanderson Ten Serm. 422 There are generous and ingenuous and liberall imployments, sortable to the greatest births and educations. a1665 K. Digby Private Mem. (1827) 17 Recreations..sortable to their age. 1817 W. Scott Rob Roy III. vii. 187 It's a pity his Excellency is a thought eldern. The like o' yoursell, or my son..Hamish, wad be mair sortable in point of years. 2. northern dialect. Capable of going together. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > [adjective] > that brings into agreement or harmony > that can be brought into agreement alliable1543 reconciliable1609 concurrible1611 reconcilable1612 sortablea1642 compliable1642 conciliable1645 a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 116 In the choise of good deales,..that they bee sortable, i.e. all of one length, all of one breadth, and all of one thicknesse. 1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby Soortable, accordant or companionable. †3. Of a cargo: Properly assorted; composed of suitable sorts. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > transportation by water > [adjective] > that forms a cargo > of cargo: properly sorted well-sorted1573 sortable1725 1725 D. Defoe Compl. Eng. Tradesman I. viii. 102 When merchants send adventures to our British colonies, 'tis usual with them to make up to each factor what they call a sortable cargoe. 1727 D. Defoe Tour Great Brit. III. iii. 90 The Scots Merchants are at no Loss how to make up sortable Cargoes to send with their Ships to the Plantations. 1817 W. Scott Rob Roy II. xiii. 266 The facilities which Glasgow possessed of making up sortable cargoes for that market. 4. Capable of being sorted or arranged. ΚΠ 1972 Computers & Humanities 6 188 Description: Creates sortable tape from card or card-image input, sorts tape, adds..other information to sorted tape. Derivatives † ˈsortably adv. Obsolete ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > [adverb] wellOE tidily1340 avenantlya1375 covenablyc1384 featlya1400 propera1400 queema1400 congruelyc1400 conably1411 cordingc1420 convenablyc1430 competentlyc1440 fitc1440 accordantlyc1443 accordinglyc1443 conveniently1447 at pointc1485 congruentlya1529 appliablyc1530 afferandly1536 suitingly1540 aptly1548 answerably1549 fitlyc1550 agreeingly1563 suitable1584 not unfitly1586 aptitudinallyc1600 handsome1600 sortfully1606 sortably1607 congruouslya1620 accommodately1623 adaptlya1648 inabusivelya1677 suitably1681 agreeably1753 appropriately1795 suitly1913 righteous1948 1607 in Plomer Abstr. fr. Wills Eng. Printers (1903) 42 If..Nicholas Bourne shall..take so manie books..sorteablie thorough out all my warehouses as they shall arise. 1608 Dispute Question of Kneeling 7 Shall not he who is a coheir with Christ at his table cary himselfe sortably to the said person of coheir? 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Sortablement, sortably, fitly. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1586
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