equable
[ek-wuh-buh l, ee-kwuh-]
- free from many changes or variations; uniform: an equable climate; an equable temperament.
- uniform in operation or effect, as laws.
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Origin of equable
1635–45; < Latin aequābilis that can be made equal, similar, equivalent to aequ(us) equal, even + -ābilis -able
Synonyms
See more synonyms for equable on Thesaurus.com1. steady, even, temperate.
Antonyms
1. variable.
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Examples from the Web for equable
Contemporary Examples
He is an equable man who treats people fairly and has many friends.
Historical Examples
And she had the most equable of dispositions, her laughter ever rang out so heartily!
FruitfulnessEmile Zola
Who would prefer such an alternation to the equable life of pure thought?
PhilebusPlato
Mrs de Barral was an equable, unassuming woman, at that time.
ChanceJoseph Conrad
A full and equable contempt would soon do away with that, too.
VictoryJoseph Conrad
The men were happy, not hilariously so, but in a placid, equable fashion.
The Long RollMary Johnston
equable
- even-tempered; placid
- unvarying; uniforman equable climate
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Word Origin
C17: from Latin aequābilis, from aequāre to make equal
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Word Origin and History for equable
adj.
1670s, back-formation from equability or else from Latin aequabilis "equal, consistent, uniform," from aequare "make uniform" (see equate).
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