tenantableadj.
/ˈtɛnəntəb(ə)l/ 1. Capable of being tenanted or inhabited; fit for occupation. Also figurative.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > [adjective] > habitable
biglyc1400
habitablea1425
tenantable1542
inhabitable1601
liveable1814
occupiable1814
occupable1853
live-in1955
1542 in J. Raine Wills & Inventories Archdeaconry Richmond (1853) 32 Ye same howse so to be mayde tenandhable.
1576 in W. H. Turner Select. Rec. Oxf. (1880) 382 To leve yt repayred and tenaunteable.
1633 J. Ford Loves Sacrifice iv. sig. I2 A good tenant-able and fertile wombe.
1755 J. Hervey Theron & Aspasio II. xii. 204 It [the body] is kept in tenantable Condition for the Soul.
1849 T. De Quincey Eng. Mail-coach in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Oct. 487/2 The only room tenantable by gentlemen.
1852 Bearn in Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 13 i. 90 He therefore cannot keep the property in tenantable repair.
2. [ < tenant n.] Befitting a tenant. rare.
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society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > one who has tenure > [adjective] > befitting a tenant
tenantable1856
1856 H. Broom Comm. Common Law 15 A tenant..is bound to use a farm in a good and tenantable manner, and according to the rules of good husbandry.
Derivatives
ˈtenantableness n. tenantable condition.
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1727 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II
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