† sustenableadj.

Forms: late Middle English sustenable, late Middle English sustinable.

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

Etymology: < Middle French sustenable (c1390; French soutenable ) < sustenir , soustenir sustain v. + -able -able suffix. Compare later sustainable adj.

Obsolete.

1. = sustainable adj. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > [adjective] > sufferable

sufferablea1340

supportablec1450

sustenable?1473

tolerablea1500

patible1623

bearable1656

endurable1800

?1473 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Recuyell Hist. Troye (1894) I. lf. 159^v Hys strookes were not sustenable.

2. = vegetable adj. 2a.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > source or principle of life > [adjective] > living and growing

vegetablec1425

vegetal1490

sustenablea1500

vegetative1567

vegetated1697

a1500 (?a1425) tr. Secreta Secret. (Lamb.) 95 Originals, minerals, vegitables, & bestyals... Þe composision vegitable þat is sustinable is mor noble þan þe originale.

a1500 (?a1425) tr. Secreta Secret. (Lamb.) 90 Some þinges vegetables or sustenables er..by sedys, & with-outen plantyng.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	sustenable
释义	† sustenableadj. Forms: late Middle English sustenable, late Middle English sustinable. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French sustenable. Etymology: < Middle French sustenable (c1390; French soutenable ) < sustenir , soustenir sustain v. + -able -able suffix. Compare later sustainable adj. Obsolete. 1. = sustainable adj. 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > [adjective] > sufferable sufferablea1340 supportablec1450 sustenable?1473 tolerablea1500 patible1623 bearable1656 endurable1800 ?1473 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Recuyell Hist. Troye (1894) I. lf. 159^v Hys strookes were not sustenable. 2. = vegetable adj. 2a. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > [adjective] > living and growing vegetablec1425 vegetal1490 sustenablea1500 vegetative1567 vegetated1697 a1500 (?a1425) tr. Secreta Secret. (Lamb.) 95 Originals, minerals, vegitables, & bestyals... Þe composision vegitable þat is sustinable is mor noble þan þe originale. a1500 (?a1425) tr. Secreta Secret. (Lamb.) 90 Some þinges vegetables or sustenables er..by sedys, & with-outen plantyng. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < adj.?1473
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