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equable en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈɛk.wə.bəl/ (General-American, UK)
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Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin aequābilis, from aequō (“make level”), from aequus (“even, level”).

Meanings

1. Unvarying, calm and steady; constant and uniform.
   • Turning to the prisoner, "Budd," he said, and scarce in equable tones, "Budd, if you have aught further to say for yourself, say it now." 1924, Herman Melville, chapter 18, in Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co.:
   • The cheerful influence of the morning seemed to have some effect, even upon his equable temper. 1841, Charles Dickens, chapter LXXXV, in Barnaby Rudge:
2. (of temperature) Free from extremes of heat or cold.
   • The indulgences of habit she would not resign, therefore held by the pleasures of the table; but the comforts of equable heat, which was particularly necessary, she denied herself much too long, and resisted warm clothing most determinately;... 1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter LVII, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 107:
3. (of emotions etc) Not easily disturbed; tranquil.

Forms

Deriveds

inequable · equably · equability · unequable · equableness

Relateds

equabile

Synonyms

tranquil (not easily disturbed) · unvarying · uniform · regular (at a constant rate) · steady (not easily disturbed) · imperturbable (not easily disturbed) · constant (unvarying, calm and steady)

Translations (10)

bg спокоен (not easily disturbed; tranquil) · ru ро́вный (calm and steady) · bg умерен (free from extremes of heat or cold) · ru уравнове́шенный (not easily disturbed; tranquil) · ota سوی (calm and steady) · nl gelijkmatig (calm and steady) · bg уравновесен (calm and steady) · bg спокоен (calm and steady) · ru равноме́рный (calm and steady) · bg равномерен (free from extremes of heat or cold)