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inhabitable en · ADJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ɪnˈhæbɪtəbəl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ɪnˈhæbɪtəbəl/ (General-American)

Etymology

From inhabit + -able.

Meanings

1. Fit to live in; habitable.
   • It is more ſuitable to the wiſdom, power and greatneſs of God, to think that the fixt Stars are all of them Suns, with Syſtems of inhabitable Planets moving about them, to whoſe Inhabitants he diſplays the marks of his Goodneſs as well as to us[…] a. 1704, John Locke, “Elements of Natural Philosophy”, in A Collection of Several Pieces of Mr. John Locke, London: J. Bettenham for R. Francklin, published 1710, pages 190–191:

Forms

Antonyms

unhabitable · uninhabitable

Deriveds

noninhabitable

Translations (14)

bg подходящ за живеене (fit to live in) · it abitabile (fit to live in) · el κατοικήσιμος (fit to live in) · fr habitable (fit to live in) · cs obyvatelný (fit to live in) · fi asumiskelpoinen (fit to live in) · sv beboelig (fit to live in) · cmn 家居的 (fit to live in) · de bewohnbar (fit to live in) · pl nadający się do zamieszkania (fit to live in) · hi वासयोग्य (fit to live in) · nl bewoonbaar (fit to live in) · eo enloĝebla (fit to live in) · hu lakható (fit to live in)

inhabitable en · ADJ · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ɪnˈhæbɪtəbəl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ɪnˈhæbɪtəbəl/ (General-American)

Etymology

From Middle English inhabitable, inhabytabill, from Middle French inhabitable and its etymon Latin inhabitābilis (“uninhabitable”). By surface analysis, in- + habitable.

Meanings

1. (obsolete) Not habitable; not suitable to be inhabited.
   • […] Which to maintaine, I would allow him ods, / And meete him were I tied to runne afoote, / Euen to the frozen ridges of the Alpes, / Or any other ground inhabitable, / Where euer Engliſhman durſt ſet his foote, […] 1595 December 9 (first known performance), [William Shakespeare], The Tragedie of King Richard the Second. […] (First Quarto), London: […] Valentine Simmes for Androw Wise, […], published 1597, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i], signature A3, recto:

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