单词 | accostable |
释义 | accostable, a.|əˈkɒstəb(ə)l| [a. Fr. accostable (16th c. in Litt.): see accost and -able.] †1. actively. Ready to accost, courteous. Obs.
1622Howell Lett. (1650) I. 92 The Walloon is quick and sprightful, accostable and full of compliment. 1634Ibid. II. 24 The French are a free and debonnaire acostable people:..at first entrance one may have acquaintance. 2. passively. Capable of being accosted or approached; approachable, accessible, affable.
1655Lestrange K. Charles 92 Seeing God is accostable by inorganicall and inaudible ejaculations. 1863N. Hawthorne Old Home (1879) Up the Thames 285 Old soldiers, I know not why, seem to be more accostable than old sailors. |

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