compaignable
Middle English
[edit]Adjective
[edit]compaignable
- companionable; sociable
- late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Shipman's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 1193-1194:
- [...] A wyf he hadde of excellent beautee,
And compaignable and revelous was she, [...]- [...] He had a wife of excellent beauty,
And she was sociable and fond of revelry, [...]
- [...] He had a wife of excellent beauty,
- late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Shipman's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 1193-1194:
References
[edit]- “companable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.