personable

FREQ #44818

a. 风度好的, 讨人喜欢的, 具有行为能力的

发音

UK /ˈpɜːsn̩əbl/
US /ˈpɜɹs(ə)nəb(ə)l/

词形变化

more personable 比较级 most personable 最高级

别名

parsonable personible

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Of a person: having a pleasing appearance; attractive; handsome.

  2. 2.

    Of a person: having a pleasant manner; amiable, friendly.

  3. 3.

    Synonym of personal (“done in person, without an intermediary”).

    废旧 罕用
  4. 4.

    Being a legal person and thus able to maintain a plea in court, or to hold some property or right.

    废旧 法律

词汇关系

形容词

近义相关 1

attractive

词源

From Late Middle English personable, personabil (“having a pleasing appearance, handsome”), and then from both of the following: * For sense 1 (“having a pleasing appearance”) and sense 2 (“having a pleasant manner”) (these senses are not found in Old French or Medieval Latin), probably from person, personne, persoun (“individual, person”) + -āble (suffix meaning ‘able or worthy to be’ forming adjectives). * For sense 3.1 (“synonym of personal”) and sense 3.2 (“being a legal person”), from Middle French personable and Old French personable, and from their etymon Medieval Latin personābilis (“personal”), possibly from Medieval Latin persōna (“person”) + Latin -ābilis (suffix meaning ‘able or worthy to be’). By surface analysis, person + -able (suffix meaning ‘relevant or suitable to’).

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