admissiveadj.

Brit.

/ədˈmɪsɪv/, U.S.

/ədˈmɪsɪv/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin admissivus.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin admissivus admissible (15th cent. in a British source), already in classical Latin (as admissīvus ) in sense ‘that gives a favourable omen’, of birds used in soothsaying (recorded in an 8th-cent. epitome of a 2nd-cent. grammarian) < classical Latin admiss- , past participial stem of admittere admit v. + -īvus -ive suffix.

That allows or effects entrance; tending to admit; characterized by admitting. Also: constituting an admission or acknowledgement.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > statement > acceptance, reception, or admission > [adjective] > tending to

admissive1650

1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine iii. 384 Let others dispute, whether the Porters places were meerly ministeriall..or also partly judiciall, with some admissive, and exclusive power.

1671 L. Addison W. Barbary xiv. 197 That he might not disgust Abdalla the Jew, he made Circumcision admissive of Proselytes into his Law.

1715 G. Sewell & J. T. Desaguliers tr. A. Pitcairne Wks. 57 To make it impossible for all the thinner Fluids to pass at once thro' the Passages admissive of the grosser.

1778 W. Cookworthy & T. Hartley in tr. E. Swedenborg Treat. Heaven & Hell Pref. p. xlix But this..is the sole effect of that grace which they are not admissive of.

1809 E. S. Barrett Setting Sun II. 129 There could be very little need of such admissive proof when it is so notorious that men wholly unknown in boroughs have been elected to represent them.

1826 C. Lamb in New Monthly Mag. 16 259 It would be a good face if it was not marked by the small-pox—a compliment which is always more admissive than excusatory.

1921 Cosmopolitan July 108/1 ‘A very good friend?’ Gabe opined, persistent in the face of her evident and somewhat puzzling uncommunicativeness. Again an admissive yes.

2009 Globe & Mail (Nexis) 3 Jan. m1 She [sc. Toronto] is intractably herself, admissive to the most vagrant, [etc.].

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	admissive
释义	admissiveadj. Brit. /ədˈmɪsɪv/, U.S. /ədˈmɪsɪv/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin admissivus. Etymology: < post-classical Latin admissivus admissible (15th cent. in a British source), already in classical Latin (as admissīvus ) in sense ‘that gives a favourable omen’, of birds used in soothsaying (recorded in an 8th-cent. epitome of a 2nd-cent. grammarian) < classical Latin admiss- , past participial stem of admittere admit v. + -īvus -ive suffix. That allows or effects entrance; tending to admit; characterized by admitting. Also: constituting an admission or acknowledgement. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > acceptance, reception, or admission > [adjective] > tending to admissive1650 1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine iii. 384 Let others dispute, whether the Porters places were meerly ministeriall..or also partly judiciall, with some admissive, and exclusive power. 1671 L. Addison W. Barbary xiv. 197 That he might not disgust Abdalla the Jew, he made Circumcision admissive of Proselytes into his Law. 1715 G. Sewell & J. T. Desaguliers tr. A. Pitcairne Wks. 57 To make it impossible for all the thinner Fluids to pass at once thro' the Passages admissive of the grosser. 1778 W. Cookworthy & T. Hartley in tr. E. Swedenborg Treat. Heaven & Hell Pref. p. xlix But this..is the sole effect of that grace which they are not admissive of. 1809 E. S. Barrett Setting Sun II. 129 There could be very little need of such admissive proof when it is so notorious that men wholly unknown in boroughs have been elected to represent them. 1826 C. Lamb in New Monthly Mag. 16 259 It would be a good face if it was not marked by the small-pox—a compliment which is always more admissive than excusatory. 1921 Cosmopolitan July 108/1 ‘A very good friend?’ Gabe opined, persistent in the face of her evident and somewhat puzzling uncommunicativeness. Again an admissive yes. 2009 Globe & Mail (Nexis) 3 Jan. m1 She [sc. Toronto] is intractably herself, admissive to the most vagrant, [etc.]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1650
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