counsellable
English
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Etymology
Adjective
counsellable (comparative more counsellable, superlative most counsellable)
- (obsolete) Willing to receive counsel or follow advice.
- 1702–1704, Edward [Hyde, 1st] Earl of Clarendon, “(please specify |book=I to XVI)”, in The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, Begun in the Year 1641. […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed at the [Sheldonian] Theater, published 1707, →OCLC:
- Few men of so great parts were upon all occasions more counsellable than he.
- (obsolete) advisable; prudent
- 1660/1667, Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon, The Life of Edward Earl of Clarendon, written by Himself
- He did not believe it counsellable.
- 1660/1667, Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon, The Life of Edward Earl of Clarendon, written by Himself