vengeableadj.adv.

Forms: Middle English veniable, Middle English–1600s vengable, vengeable (1500s uen-); Middle English vengeabyl, vengeabyll(e, vengeabil.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman vengable (Gower), < venger venge v. Compare vengible adj. and adv.

Obsolete or dialect.

1. Inclined or ready to take vengeance or inflict retaliative injury. (Cf. vengeful adj. 1.)

a. Of persons (or animals).Very common c1400–1550; in modern dialect use = destructive.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > revenge > [adjective] > inclined to or eager for revenge

wrechefulc1290

wrakefula1300

vengeablec1380

revengeablea1522

vindicative1521

wreakful1531

vengible1548

revengeful?1560

avengeful1591

vengefula1599

vindictive1616

vindicable1632

c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. II. 189 For ȝif he were veniable here no man myȝte suffre his veniaunce.

1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 119 Such a Sor is incurable, And ek the goddes ben vengable.

c1400 J. Lydgate in Pol., Rel. & L. Poems (1903) 48 Where god list spare, a tygre is not vengeable.

1421 T. Hoccleve Min. Poems 153 Al-thogh þat shee were in this cas vengeable,..Shee was in þat in partie excusable.

c1450 Mirk's Festial 140 Forto schew you how vengabull God ys apon hom þat ben lef forto sched Cristys blod.

?1529 S. Fish Supplicacyon for Beggers sig. A2^v Whate tiraunt euer oppressed the people like this cruell and vengeable generacion?

a1549 A. Borde Fyrst Bk. Introd. Knowl. (1870) 167 There is a beast called a Bouy, lyke a Bugle, whyche is a vengeable beast.

1573 G. Harvey Schollers Loove in Let.-bk. (1884) 138 To be notoriously revenged on this vengeable feende.

c1610 J. Melville Mem. Own Life (1735) 206 The Appetites of envious, vengeable and greedy Counsellors.

1640 W. Prynne Lord Bishops iii. sig. C3 Who should prove the most vengable Instruments of persecuting and oppressing Gods true children.

1866 W. Gregor Dial. Banffshire (Philol. Soc.) 232 Rottans are vengeable craiturs on young deuks.

b. Of the mind, will, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > revenge > [adjective] > inclined to or eager for revenge > specifically of the mind or will

vengeable1411

1411–12 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum 2330 He rathir chees be disobedient To his vengeable wil,..Than be forsworn of þat he swoor so depe.

a1513 H. Bradshaw Lyfe St. Werburge (1521) i. xi. sig. d.i His vengeable mynde, was hymselfe to magnyfy..Or destroye hymselfe.

?1529 R. Hyrde tr. J. L. Vives Instr. Christen Woman i. xi. sig. M^v To kepe her vengeable mynde vnto tyme and occasion of reuengeance.

1539 T. Cromwell in R. B. Merriman Life & Lett. T. Cromwell (1902) II. 169 His Inique covetous and vengeable disposicion.

c. Of weapons.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > [adjective] > quality of, generally

starkOE

stiffc1250

sterna1400

vengeablec1400

unwieldya1547

vengefula1586

mistempered1597

maiden1598

lathen1843

humane1970

the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > revenge > [adjective] > serving as instrument of vengeance

vengeablec1400

vengefula1586

c1400 T. Hoccleve Compl. Virgin 179 Wel feele I þat deeth his vengeable bowe Hath bent, & me purposith doun to throwe.

1430–40 Wycliffite Bible, Rom. xiii. 4 (Cardwell MS.) For not withoute cause he berith the vengeable swerd.

2. Characterized by, arising from, vengeance or revenge; cruel, dreadful.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > adversity > [adjective] > miserable or wretched

un-i-selieOE

drearyOE

unseelyOE

wretcha1122

usellc1175

unselea1200

wretcheda1200

misease?c1225

un-i-sele?c1250

wanlichec1275

miseasyc1300

wrackfulc1311

unblessed1340

wretchfula1382

wretchedful1382

caitiff1393

loddera1400

unhappena1400

pilledc1400

miserable?c1422

vengeablec1430

unhappyc1440

meschant?1473

miserousc1475

unselc1480

miser1542

forlorn1582

villainous1582

skybala1585

unblestful1608

despicable1635

haveless1868

the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > savagery > [adjective]

grimlyc893

retheeOE

grim971

bitterOE

bremec1175

grillc1175

grimfula1240

cruel1297

sturdy1297

fiercea1300

fellc1300

boistousa1387

felonousc1386

savagea1393

bestiala1398

bremelya1400

felona1400

hetera1400

cursedc1400

wicked14..

vengeablec1430

wolvishc1430

unnatural?1473

inhuman1481

brutisha1513

cruent1524

felonish1530

mannish1530

abominate1531

lionish1549

boarish?1550

truculent?c1550

unhumanc1550

lion-like1556

beastly1558

orped1567

raw?1573

tigerish?1573

unmanlike1579

boisterous1581

savaged1583

tiger-like1587

yond1590

truculental1593

savage wild1595

tigerous1597

inhumane1598

Neronian1598

immane1599

Phalarical1602

ungentle1603

feral1604

savagious1605

fierceful1607

Dionysian1608

wolvy1611

Hunnish1625

lionly1631

tigerly1633

savage-hearted1639

brutal1641

feroce1641

ferocious1646

asperous1650

ferousa1652

wolfish1674

tiger1763

savage-fierce1770

Tartar1809

Tartarly1821

Neroic1851

tigery1859

Neronic1864

unmannish1867

inhumanitarian1947

the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > revenge > [adjective]

wrackfulc1230

vengeablec1430

wrakeful?a1505

wreakful1532

vindicativec1550

wreckful1557

vindictive1627

vengeful1649

resentive1736

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > ill-treatment > cruelty > [adjective]

wrothc893

retheeOE

hateleOE

grim971

hardOE

cruel1297

despitousc1374

savagea1393

fadea1400

hetera1400

keen?c1425

vengeablec1430

despiteful1488

unmanfula1500

despiteous?1510

cruent1524

felonish1530

Herodian1581

felly1583

savaged1583

Neronian1598

savagious1605

Dionysian1608

black-blooded1771

atrocious1772

Neroic1851

Neronic1864

c1430 T. Hoccleve Min. Poems 71/128 Þat the feend..Ne sese hem nat in the vengeable day!

c1440 J. Capgrave Life St. Katherine iv. 1414 Ȝe shulde not suffren þis cristen foolk here Repreue oure goddis with swiche veniable manere.

1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. ccxii For none..This hurt out chaseth, ne furour vengeable.

1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis i. 11 Such folck as the tyrant pursude with vengeabil hatred.

1627 H. Burton Baiting Popes Bull 18 Iezabell, for all her vengeable malice and impotent fury, yet could not wreck it vpon Elias.

a. As an intensive: Very great, severe, strong, intense, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adjective]

hardOE

heavyc1000

highOE

highlyOE

stourc1275

largec1330

intensec1400

violent1430

profoundc1450

vehementc1485

intensive1526

advanceda1533

vengeable1532

Herculean1602

well-advanced1602

deep1605

dense1732

abysmal1817

intensitive1835

holy1837

high-level1860

major1942

1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 655/2 As the churche of Christe is but one, so be there of those [heretics] a vengeable maynye.

1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 49^v He gave a vengeable check to those persones.

1583 T. Stocker tr. Tragicall Hist. Ciuile Warres Lowe Countries iv. 61 A mischeuous mistakyng of a matter..bredde a vengeable suspition in the heddes of many.

1601 J. Deacon & J. Walker Dialogicall Disc. Spirits & Diuels To Rdr. 13 [They] will couertly flutter their wings, and keepe a vengeable coyle in Conuenticles and corners.

b. As adv. = vengeably adv. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > extremely or exceedingly

swithlyc888

micklelyeOE

swith971

hardOE

un-i-fohOE

sevenfoldlOE

unmeet?c1225

innerlyc1330

horribly1340

too1340

sore1474

horriblec1475

vehemently1483

outrageous1487

done?a1513

exquisite1529

strangely1532

exceeding1535

exceedingly1535

angardlyc1540

angerlyc1540

choicec1540

vengeable1542

vengeably?1550

extremelya1554

monstrous1569

thrice1579

amain1587

extremea1591

damnably1598

fellc1600

tyrannically1602

exquisitely1603

damnedly1607

preciously1607

damnablea1616

impensively1620

excellingly1621

main1632

fearful1634

vengeancelya1640

upsy1650

impensely1657

twadding1657

vastly1664

hideous1667

mainly1670

consumed1707

consumedly1707

outrageously1749

damned1757

nation1771

shockingly1777

deuced1779

darn1789

darned1807

felly1807

varsal1814

awful1816

awfy1816

frightfully1816

deucedly1819

dogged1819

awfully1820

gallowsa1823

shocking1831

tremendously1832

everlasting1833

terribly1833

fearfully1835

ripping1838

poison1840

thundering1853

frighteninglyc1854

raring1854

hell's own1863

goldarned1866

goddamned1870

doggone1871

acutely1872

whooping1874

stupidly1878

everlastingly1879

hideously1882

densely1883

storming1883

good and1885

thunderingly1885

crazy1887

tremendous1887

madly1888

goldarn1892

howling1895

murderously1916

rasted1919

goddam1921

bitchingly1923

Christly1923

bitching1929

falling-down1930

lousy1932

appallingly1937

stratospherically1941

Christ almighty1945

effing1945

focking1956

dagnab1961

drop-dead1980

hella1987

totes2006

1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 7 Socrates asked wherfore he was so vengeable eagre.

?1566 W. P. tr. C. S. Curio Pasquine in Traunce 48 A vengeable long leape, or a vengeable lowde lye.

1866 W. Gregor Dial. Banffshire (Philol. Soc.) 232 He's vengeable greedy; he can hardly be honest.

4. Punishable. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > punishment > [adjective] > entailing punishment (of offence)

punishable1435

penal1569

disciplinable1647

vengeable1650

subpenal1659

mulctable1678

disciplinary1832

penalized1848

1650 S. Clarke Marrow Eccl. Hist. (1654) i. 488 [He] delivered him over to the secular power; Declaring that..it was a vengeable matter to eat or drink with him.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	vengeable
释义	vengeableadj.adv. Forms: Middle English veniable, Middle English–1600s vengable, vengeable (1500s uen-); Middle English vengeabyl, vengeabyll(e, vengeabil. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman vengable (Gower), < venger venge v. Compare vengible adj. and adv. Obsolete or dialect. 1. Inclined or ready to take vengeance or inflict retaliative injury. (Cf. vengeful adj. 1.) a. Of persons (or animals).Very common c1400–1550; in modern dialect use = destructive. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > revenge > [adjective] > inclined to or eager for revenge wrechefulc1290 wrakefula1300 vengeablec1380 revengeablea1522 vindicative1521 wreakful1531 vengible1548 revengeful?1560 avengeful1591 vengefula1599 vindictive1616 vindicable1632 c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. II. 189 For ȝif he were veniable here no man myȝte suffre his veniaunce. 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 119 Such a Sor is incurable, And ek the goddes ben vengable. c1400 J. Lydgate in Pol., Rel. & L. Poems (1903) 48 Where god list spare, a tygre is not vengeable. 1421 T. Hoccleve Min. Poems 153 Al-thogh þat shee were in this cas vengeable,..Shee was in þat in partie excusable. c1450 Mirk's Festial 140 Forto schew you how vengabull God ys apon hom þat ben lef forto sched Cristys blod. ?1529 S. Fish Supplicacyon for Beggers sig. A2^v Whate tiraunt euer oppressed the people like this cruell and vengeable generacion? a1549 A. Borde Fyrst Bk. Introd. Knowl. (1870) 167 There is a beast called a Bouy, lyke a Bugle, whyche is a vengeable beast. 1573 G. Harvey Schollers Loove in Let.-bk. (1884) 138 To be notoriously revenged on this vengeable feende. c1610 J. Melville Mem. Own Life (1735) 206 The Appetites of envious, vengeable and greedy Counsellors. 1640 W. Prynne Lord Bishops iii. sig. C3 Who should prove the most vengable Instruments of persecuting and oppressing Gods true children. 1866 W. Gregor Dial. Banffshire (Philol. Soc.) 232 Rottans are vengeable craiturs on young deuks. b. Of the mind, will, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > revenge > [adjective] > inclined to or eager for revenge > specifically of the mind or will vengeable1411 1411–12 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum 2330 He rathir chees be disobedient To his vengeable wil,..Than be forsworn of þat he swoor so depe. a1513 H. Bradshaw Lyfe St. Werburge (1521) i. xi. sig. d.i His vengeable mynde, was hymselfe to magnyfy..Or destroye hymselfe. ?1529 R. Hyrde tr. J. L. Vives Instr. Christen Woman i. xi. sig. M^v To kepe her vengeable mynde vnto tyme and occasion of reuengeance. 1539 T. Cromwell in R. B. Merriman Life & Lett. T. Cromwell (1902) II. 169 His Inique covetous and vengeable disposicion. c. Of weapons. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > [adjective] > quality of, generally starkOE stiffc1250 sterna1400 vengeablec1400 unwieldya1547 vengefula1586 mistempered1597 maiden1598 lathen1843 humane1970 the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > revenge > [adjective] > serving as instrument of vengeance vengeablec1400 vengefula1586 c1400 T. Hoccleve Compl. Virgin 179 Wel feele I þat deeth his vengeable bowe Hath bent, & me purposith doun to throwe. 1430–40 Wycliffite Bible, Rom. xiii. 4 (Cardwell MS.) For not withoute cause he berith the vengeable swerd. 2. Characterized by, arising from, vengeance or revenge; cruel, dreadful. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > adversity > [adjective] > miserable or wretched un-i-selieOE drearyOE unseelyOE wretcha1122 usellc1175 unselea1200 wretcheda1200 misease?c1225 un-i-sele?c1250 wanlichec1275 miseasyc1300 wrackfulc1311 unblessed1340 wretchfula1382 wretchedful1382 caitiff1393 loddera1400 unhappena1400 pilledc1400 miserable?c1422 vengeablec1430 unhappyc1440 meschant?1473 miserousc1475 unselc1480 miser1542 forlorn1582 villainous1582 skybala1585 unblestful1608 despicable1635 haveless1868 the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > savagery > [adjective] grimlyc893 retheeOE grim971 bitterOE bremec1175 grillc1175 grimfula1240 cruel1297 sturdy1297 fiercea1300 fellc1300 boistousa1387 felonousc1386 savagea1393 bestiala1398 bremelya1400 felona1400 hetera1400 cursedc1400 wicked14.. vengeablec1430 wolvishc1430 unnatural?1473 inhuman1481 brutisha1513 cruent1524 felonish1530 mannish1530 abominate1531 lionish1549 boarish?1550 truculent?c1550 unhumanc1550 lion-like1556 beastly1558 orped1567 raw?1573 tigerish?1573 unmanlike1579 boisterous1581 savaged1583 tiger-like1587 yond1590 truculental1593 savage wild1595 tigerous1597 inhumane1598 Neronian1598 immane1599 Phalarical1602 ungentle1603 feral1604 savagious1605 fierceful1607 Dionysian1608 wolvy1611 Hunnish1625 lionly1631 tigerly1633 savage-hearted1639 brutal1641 feroce1641 ferocious1646 asperous1650 ferousa1652 wolfish1674 tiger1763 savage-fierce1770 Tartar1809 Tartarly1821 Neroic1851 tigery1859 Neronic1864 unmannish1867 inhumanitarian1947 the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > revenge > [adjective] wrackfulc1230 vengeablec1430 wrakeful?a1505 wreakful1532 vindicativec1550 wreckful1557 vindictive1627 vengeful1649 resentive1736 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > ill-treatment > cruelty > [adjective] wrothc893 retheeOE hateleOE grim971 hardOE cruel1297 despitousc1374 savagea1393 fadea1400 hetera1400 keen?c1425 vengeablec1430 despiteful1488 unmanfula1500 despiteous?1510 cruent1524 felonish1530 Herodian1581 felly1583 savaged1583 Neronian1598 savagious1605 Dionysian1608 black-blooded1771 atrocious1772 Neroic1851 Neronic1864 c1430 T. Hoccleve Min. Poems 71/128 Þat the feend..Ne sese hem nat in the vengeable day! c1440 J. Capgrave Life St. Katherine iv. 1414 Ȝe shulde not suffren þis cristen foolk here Repreue oure goddis with swiche veniable manere. 1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. ccxii For none..This hurt out chaseth, ne furour vengeable. 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis i. 11 Such folck as the tyrant pursude with vengeabil hatred. 1627 H. Burton Baiting Popes Bull 18 Iezabell, for all her vengeable malice and impotent fury, yet could not wreck it vpon Elias. 3. a. As an intensive: Very great, severe, strong, intense, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adjective] hardOE heavyc1000 highOE highlyOE stourc1275 largec1330 intensec1400 violent1430 profoundc1450 vehementc1485 intensive1526 advanceda1533 vengeable1532 Herculean1602 well-advanced1602 deep1605 dense1732 abysmal1817 intensitive1835 holy1837 high-level1860 major1942 1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 655/2 As the churche of Christe is but one, so be there of those [heretics] a vengeable maynye. 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 49^v He gave a vengeable check to those persones. 1583 T. Stocker tr. Tragicall Hist. Ciuile Warres Lowe Countries iv. 61 A mischeuous mistakyng of a matter..bredde a vengeable suspition in the heddes of many. 1601 J. Deacon & J. Walker Dialogicall Disc. Spirits & Diuels To Rdr. 13 [They] will couertly flutter their wings, and keepe a vengeable coyle in Conuenticles and corners. b. As adv. = vengeably adv. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > extremely or exceedingly swithlyc888 micklelyeOE swith971 hardOE un-i-fohOE sevenfoldlOE unmeet?c1225 innerlyc1330 horribly1340 too1340 sore1474 horriblec1475 vehemently1483 outrageous1487 done?a1513 exquisite1529 strangely1532 exceeding1535 exceedingly1535 angardlyc1540 angerlyc1540 choicec1540 vengeable1542 vengeably?1550 extremelya1554 monstrous1569 thrice1579 amain1587 extremea1591 damnably1598 fellc1600 tyrannically1602 exquisitely1603 damnedly1607 preciously1607 damnablea1616 impensively1620 excellingly1621 main1632 fearful1634 vengeancelya1640 upsy1650 impensely1657 twadding1657 vastly1664 hideous1667 mainly1670 consumed1707 consumedly1707 outrageously1749 damned1757 nation1771 shockingly1777 deuced1779 darn1789 darned1807 felly1807 varsal1814 awful1816 awfy1816 frightfully1816 deucedly1819 dogged1819 awfully1820 gallowsa1823 shocking1831 tremendously1832 everlasting1833 terribly1833 fearfully1835 ripping1838 poison1840 thundering1853 frighteninglyc1854 raring1854 hell's own1863 goldarned1866 goddamned1870 doggone1871 acutely1872 whooping1874 stupidly1878 everlastingly1879 hideously1882 densely1883 storming1883 good and1885 thunderingly1885 crazy1887 tremendous1887 madly1888 goldarn1892 howling1895 murderously1916 rasted1919 goddam1921 bitchingly1923 Christly1923 bitching1929 falling-down1930 lousy1932 appallingly1937 stratospherically1941 Christ almighty1945 effing1945 focking1956 dagnab1961 drop-dead1980 hella1987 totes2006 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 7 Socrates asked wherfore he was so vengeable eagre. ?1566 W. P. tr. C. S. Curio Pasquine in Traunce 48 A vengeable long leape, or a vengeable lowde lye. 1866 W. Gregor Dial. Banffshire (Philol. Soc.) 232 He's vengeable greedy; he can hardly be honest. 4. Punishable. rare. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > [adjective] > entailing punishment (of offence) punishable1435 penal1569 disciplinable1647 vengeable1650 subpenal1659 mulctable1678 disciplinary1832 penalized1848 1650 S. Clarke Marrow Eccl. Hist. (1654) i. 488 [He] delivered him over to the secular power; Declaring that..it was a vengeable matter to eat or drink with him. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.adv.c1380
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