personableとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Middle English personable, personabil, equivalent to person +‎ -able. Compare Medieval Latin personabilis (“personal”), found in a late 13th century British source. The Middle French personable (“remarkable, important”) does not appear until 1528.

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɜː(ɹ)sənəbəl/

形容詞

personable (comparative more personable, superlative most personable)

1. (of a person) Having a pleasing appearance; attractive; handsome.
   • 1822, Sir Walter Scott, The Fortunes of Nigel, ch. 19:

     I admit him a personable man, for I have seen him; and I will suppose him courteous and agreeable.

   • 1908, E. M. Forster, A Room With a View, ch. 12:

     Barefoot, bare-chested, radiant and personable against the shadowy woods, he called: "Hullo, Miss Honeychurch! Hullo!"

2. (of a person) Having a pleasant or manner; friendly; amiable.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Qveene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for VVilliam Ponsonbie, OCLC 960102938, book III, canto IV, stanza 5:

     Wise, warlike, personable, curteous, and kind.

   • 1919, Joseph A. Altsheler. The Sun Of Quebec, ch. 5:

     I'm bound to admit that you're a personable young rascal, with the best manners I've met in a long time.

   • 2009, Randy James, "2-Min. Bio: Stephanie Birkitt: Letterman's Lover?," Time, 5 Oct.:

     Aside from being incredibly funny and personable he is generous, kind and is great fun to play catch with.

3. (law, obsolete) Enabled to maintain pleas in court.
   • 15th century, Petitions of the Commons[1]

     The Queen be by that name personable to plead

   • 1607, John Cowell), The Interpreter

     The demaundant was iudged personable to maintaine this action

派生語

• personability
• personableness

同意語

• (having a pleasing appearance または manner): affable