consortable en · ADJ
Etymology
From consort + -able.
Meanings
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(obsolete) Suitable for consorting or associating with, such as for companionship.
[F]rom a younger brothers mean eſtate, he roſe to the higheſt degree vvherof a Subject vvas capable either in Title or Truſt. Therin I muſt confeſſe much more conſortable to Charls Brandon under Henry the Eight, vvho vvas equall to him in both.
c. 1635 (date written), Henry Wotton, “Of Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex; and George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham: Some Observations by Way of Parallel in the Time of Their Estates of Favour”, in Reliquiæ Wottonianæ. Or, A Collection of Lives, Letters, Poems; […], London: […] Thomas Maxey, for R[ichard] Marriot, G[abriel] Bedel, and T[imothy] Garthwait, published 1651, →OCLC, page 23:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most consortable | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more consortable | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |