admissibleadj.

Brit.

/ədˈmɪsᵻbl/, U.S.

/ədˈmɪsəb(ə)l/

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

Etymology: < French admissible (1453 in Middle French) < post-classical Latin admissibilis (from 14th cent. in British and continental sources) < classical Latin admiss- , past participial stem of admittere admit v. + -ibilis -ible suffix. Compare earlier admittable adj. and admissable adj.

a. Worthy of consideration or approval; acceptable, valid.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > quality of being approvable or acceptable > [adjective]

acceptablea1382

acceptedc1384

admittable?1406

approvablec1449

eligiblea1500

plausible1541

admissable1587

avowable1602

applausive1605

admissible1611

vendible1642

plaudablea1650

unexceptionable1664

favourable1666

unobnoxious1678

unexceptioned1704

right1748

unregrettable1748

undisgusting1755

unexceptional1775

all right1868

unarraignable1886

society > authority > lack of subjection > permission > [adjective] > that can be permitted

sufferablea1395

admittable?1406

allowable1445

permissiblea1475

congeable1528

tolerable1531

lowable1538

grantable1548

permittable?1575

venial1597

lawful1600

admissible1611

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Admissible [Fr.]. admittable, admissible, fit to be admitted, received, allowed of.

a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) i. vi. 126 Suppose that this Supposition were admissible.

a1751 Visct. Bolingbroke Philos. Wks. (1754) I. ix. 231 In opposition to which no hypothesis is admissible.

1781 London Mag. Mar. 138/2 Negligence may be admissible in novel writing, but in books written in the didactic stile..every sentence should be the fruit of severe study.

1807 T. Young Course Lect. Nat. Philos. I. xliii. 516 If the force of gravity varied according to any other law than that which is found to prevail, this simplification would no longer be admissible.

1859 J. S. Mill On Liberty 171 What amount of public control is admissible for the prevention of fraud by adulteration.

1911 J. A. Craig Judging Live Stock ii. 93 A little white in front of the purse is admissible; but it should not extend beyond the navel forward.

1966 Internat. Code Bot. Nomencl. iii. 27 Tuber..was accompanied by binary specific names, e.g. Tuber cibarium, and is therefore admissible.

2004 Times Lit. Suppl. 24 Sept. 4/2 Both marital and adulterous love are admissible, though incompatible, forms of glory.

b. Law. Acceptable as evidence in court.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > [adjective] > admissible in court

receivablea1500

admissable1587

competenta1626

competiblec1638

admissible1639

1639 W. Balcanquhall Large Declar. Tumults Scotl. 398 All licences and supersederees purchas'd from his Maiestie..to bee null of the Law, and not admissible [printed admissibly; 1587 admissable] by any iudge, nor effectuall to the purchaser any wayes.

1662 G. Carew Fraud & Violence Discovered 16 All which the said Commissioners did admit so far as by Law they are admissible.

1736 M. Bacon New Abridgm. Law V. 145 The Papers therein contained were admissible Evidence against him.

1781 London Mag. July 344/2 The copies being authenticated, were as admissible as the originals.

1815 S. M. Phillipps Treat. Law of Evid. i. vii. 202 Proof of what the person said at the time of doing it is admissible evidence.

1849 W. M. Best Treat. Princ. Evid. i. i. §2. 94 The parol evidence of a witness [as to the contents of a lost document] is admissible, although there is a copy of the document.

1909 Columbia Law Rev. 9 358 The evidence was admissible, since the president was the plaintiff's ‘alter ego’.

1965 Mod. Law Rev. 28 v. 571 English lawyers will still have to admit that a car's logbook is not admissible evidence of the engine number.

2004 S. Mehta Maximum City 163 It owns a voice identification system, but the results are not admissible in a court of law as evidence.

2. Capable of being or having the right to be admitted to a place, institution, or office.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > [adjective] > having quality of letting in > capable or worthy of admission

admissable1587

admissible1645

receivable1646

admittable1726

intromissible1808

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > [adjective] > having quality of letting in > capable or worthy of admission > specifically of persons

admissible1645

society > authority > office > appointment to office > [adjective] > appointed to office > able to be admitted to office

admittable1726

admissible1849

1645 J. Tombes Examen Serm. S. Marshal 82 in Two Treat. Infant-baptisme Persons admissible into the Church.

1767 Free Appeal to People of Great Brit. 40 They..were fit, and unfit, admissible and inadmissible, the objects of contempt, and of his application.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 14 They were admissible to political and military employment.

1868 M. Pattison Suggestions Acad. Organisation §5. 239 Let all who choose be admissible to our lectures.

1918 Survey 7 Sept. 645/2 The restriction of the number of Jews admissible to the high schools and universities.

1991 Gazette (Montreal) (Nexis) 22 Aug. a9 The government would get sweeping powers to impose quotas on the number of students admissible to schools.

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

单词	admissible
释义	admissibleadj. Brit. /ədˈmɪsᵻbl/, U.S. /ədˈmɪsəb(ə)l/ Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French admissible. Etymology: < French admissible (1453 in Middle French) < post-classical Latin admissibilis (from 14th cent. in British and continental sources) < classical Latin admiss- , past participial stem of admittere admit v. + -ibilis -ible suffix. Compare earlier admittable adj. and admissable adj. 1. a. Worthy of consideration or approval; acceptable, valid. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > quality of being approvable or acceptable > [adjective] acceptablea1382 acceptedc1384 admittable?1406 approvablec1449 eligiblea1500 plausible1541 admissable1587 avowable1602 applausive1605 admissible1611 vendible1642 plaudablea1650 unexceptionable1664 favourable1666 unobnoxious1678 unexceptioned1704 right1748 unregrettable1748 undisgusting1755 unexceptional1775 all right1868 unarraignable1886 society > authority > lack of subjection > permission > [adjective] > that can be permitted sufferablea1395 admittable?1406 allowable1445 permissiblea1475 congeable1528 tolerable1531 lowable1538 grantable1548 permittable?1575 venial1597 lawful1600 admissible1611 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Admissible [Fr.]. admittable, admissible, fit to be admitted, received, allowed of. a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) i. vi. 126 Suppose that this Supposition were admissible. a1751 Visct. Bolingbroke Philos. Wks. (1754) I. ix. 231 In opposition to which no hypothesis is admissible. 1781 London Mag. Mar. 138/2 Negligence may be admissible in novel writing, but in books written in the didactic stile..every sentence should be the fruit of severe study. 1807 T. Young Course Lect. Nat. Philos. I. xliii. 516 If the force of gravity varied according to any other law than that which is found to prevail, this simplification would no longer be admissible. 1859 J. S. Mill On Liberty 171 What amount of public control is admissible for the prevention of fraud by adulteration. 1911 J. A. Craig Judging Live Stock ii. 93 A little white in front of the purse is admissible; but it should not extend beyond the navel forward. 1966 Internat. Code Bot. Nomencl. iii. 27 Tuber..was accompanied by binary specific names, e.g. Tuber cibarium, and is therefore admissible. 2004 Times Lit. Suppl. 24 Sept. 4/2 Both marital and adulterous love are admissible, though incompatible, forms of glory. b. Law. Acceptable as evidence in court. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > [adjective] > admissible in court receivablea1500 admissable1587 competenta1626 competiblec1638 admissible1639 1639 W. Balcanquhall Large Declar. Tumults Scotl. 398 All licences and supersederees purchas'd from his Maiestie..to bee null of the Law, and not admissible [printed admissibly; 1587 admissable] by any iudge, nor effectuall to the purchaser any wayes. 1662 G. Carew Fraud & Violence Discovered 16 All which the said Commissioners did admit so far as by Law they are admissible. 1736 M. Bacon New Abridgm. Law V. 145 The Papers therein contained were admissible Evidence against him. 1781 London Mag. July 344/2 The copies being authenticated, were as admissible as the originals. 1815 S. M. Phillipps Treat. Law of Evid. i. vii. 202 Proof of what the person said at the time of doing it is admissible evidence. 1849 W. M. Best Treat. Princ. Evid. i. i. §2. 94 The parol evidence of a witness [as to the contents of a lost document] is admissible, although there is a copy of the document. 1909 Columbia Law Rev. 9 358 The evidence was admissible, since the president was the plaintiff's ‘alter ego’. 1965 Mod. Law Rev. 28 v. 571 English lawyers will still have to admit that a car's logbook is not admissible evidence of the engine number. 2004 S. Mehta Maximum City 163 It owns a voice identification system, but the results are not admissible in a court of law as evidence. 2. Capable of being or having the right to be admitted to a place, institution, or office. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > [adjective] > having quality of letting in > capable or worthy of admission admissable1587 admissible1645 receivable1646 admittable1726 intromissible1808 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > [adjective] > having quality of letting in > capable or worthy of admission > specifically of persons admissible1645 society > authority > office > appointment to office > [adjective] > appointed to office > able to be admitted to office admittable1726 admissible1849 1645 J. Tombes Examen Serm. S. Marshal 82 in Two Treat. Infant-baptisme Persons admissible into the Church. 1767 Free Appeal to People of Great Brit. 40 They..were fit, and unfit, admissible and inadmissible, the objects of contempt, and of his application. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 14 They were admissible to political and military employment. 1868 M. Pattison Suggestions Acad. Organisation §5. 239 Let all who choose be admissible to our lectures. 1918 Survey 7 Sept. 645/2 The restriction of the number of Jews admissible to the high schools and universities. 1991 Gazette (Montreal) (Nexis) 22 Aug. a9 The government would get sweeping powers to impose quotas on the number of students admissible to schools. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1611
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