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title="personable – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="personable" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wiktionary.org/wiki/personable" title="personable – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="personable" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/personable" title="personable – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="personable" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wiktionary.org/wiki/personable" title="personable – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="personable" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wiktionary.org/wiki/personable" title="personable – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="personable" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/personable" title="personable – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="personable" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wiktionary.org/wiki/personable" title="personable – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="personable" 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title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From Late <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_English" class="extiw" title="w:Middle English">Middle English</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="enm"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Middle_English">personable</a></i>, <i class="Latn mention" lang="enm"><a href="/w/index.php?title=personabil&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="personabil (page does not exist)">personabil</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">having a pleasing appearance, handsome</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and then from both of the following:<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>For <a href="#English:_attractive">sense 1</a> (“having a pleasing appearance”) and <a href="#English:_friendly">sense 2</a> (“having a pleasant manner”) (these senses are not found in Old French or Medieval Latin), probably from <i class="Latn mention" lang="enm"><a href="/wiki/person#Middle_English" title="person">person</a></i>, <i class="Latn mention" lang="enm"><a href="/wiki/personne#Middle_English" title="personne">personne</a></i>, <i class="Latn mention" lang="enm"><a href="/wiki/persoun#Middle_English" title="persoun">persoun</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">individual, person</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> + <i class="Latn mention" lang="enm"><a href="/wiki/-able#Middle_English" title="-able">-āble</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="ann-pos"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#suffix" title="Appendix:Glossary">suffix</a> meaning ‘able or worthy to be’ forming <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#adjective" title="Appendix:Glossary">adjectives</a></span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>For <a href="#English:_personal">sense 3.1</a> (“<i>synonym of</i> personal”) and <a href="#English:_law">sense 3.2</a> (“being a legal person”), from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_French" class="extiw" title="w:Middle French">Middle French</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="frm"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Middle_French">personable</a></i> and <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_French" class="extiw" title="w:Old French">Old French</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="fro"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Old_French">personable</a></i>, and from their <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#etymon" title="Appendix:Glossary">etymon</a> <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medieval_Latin" class="extiw" title="w:Medieval Latin">Medieval Latin</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a href="/w/index.php?title=personabilis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="personabilis (page does not exist)">personābilis</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">personal</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, possibly from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medieval_Latin" class="extiw" title="w:Medieval Latin">Medieval Latin</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/persona#Latin" title="persona">persōna</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">person</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span> + <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin" class="extiw" title="w:Latin">Latin</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/-abilis#Latin" title="-abilis">-ābilis</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="ann-pos"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#suffix" title="Appendix:Glossary">suffix</a> meaning ‘able or worthy to be’</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>.</li></ul> <p>By <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#surface_analysis" title="Appendix:Glossary">surface analysis</a>, <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/person#English" title="person">person</a></i> +‎ <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/-able#English" title="-able">-able</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="ann-pos">suffix meaning ‘relevant or suitable to’</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=personable&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:English_pronunciation" title="Appendix:English pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/ˈpɜːsn̩əbl/</span>, <span class="IPA">/ˈpɜːs(ə)nəbəl/</span></li> <li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r50165410">.mw-parser-output .k-player .k-attribution{visibility:hidden}</style><table class="audiotable" style="vertical-align: middle; display: inline-block; list-style: none; line-height: 1em; border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0;"><tbody><tr><td>Audio <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="usage-label-accent"><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Received_Pronunciation" class="extiw" title="w:Received Pronunciation">Received Pronunciation</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon qualifier-colon">:</span></td><td class="audiofile"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_0" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="175" style="width:175px;" data-durationhint="2" data-mwtitle="En-uk-personable.ogg" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/22/En-uk-personable.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/22/En-uk-personable.ogg/En-uk-personable.ogg.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span></td><td class="audiometa" style="font-size: 80%;">(<a href="/wiki/File:En-uk-personable.ogg" title="File:En-uk-personable.ogg">file</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table></li> <li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><span class="usage-label-accent"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_American_English" class="extiw" title="w:General American English">General American</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:English_pronunciation" title="Appendix:English pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/ˈpɜɹs(ə)nəb(ə)l/</span></li> <li>Hyphenation: <span class="Latn" lang="en">per‧son‧a‧ble</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Adjective">Adjective</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=personable&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Adjective"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">personable</strong> (<i><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#comparative" title="Appendix:Glossary">comparative</a></i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en comparative-form-of" lang="en">more <strong class="selflink">personable</strong></b>, <i><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#superlative" title="Appendix:Glossary">superlative</a></i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en superlative-form-of" lang="en">most <strong class="selflink">personable</strong></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li class="mw-empty-elt"></li><li class="senseid" id="English:_attractive" data-lang="en" data-id="attractive"> Of a <a href="/wiki/person#Noun" title="person">person</a>: having a <a href="/wiki/pleasing#Adjective" title="pleasing">pleasing</a> <a href="/wiki/appearance" title="appearance">appearance</a>; <a href="/wiki/attractive" title="attractive">attractive</a>; <a href="/wiki/handsome#Adjective" title="handsome">handsome</a>. <dl><dd><span class="nyms synonym"><span class="defdate">Synonyms:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/good-looking#English" title="good-looking">good-looking</a></span>; <i>see also</i> <a href="/wiki/Thesaurus:beautiful#English" title="Thesaurus:beautiful">Thesaurus:<span class="Latn" lang="en">beautiful</span></a></span></dd> <dd><span class="nyms antonym"><span class="defdate">Antonyms:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/unattractive#English" title="unattractive">unattractive</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/unpersonable#English" title="unpersonable">unpersonable</a></span>; <i>see also</i> <a href="/wiki/Thesaurus:ugly#English" title="Thesaurus:ugly">Thesaurus:<span class="Latn" lang="en">ugly</span></a></span></dd></dl> <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1722</b> (indicated as <b>1721</b>)</span>, [<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Defoe" class="extiw" title="w:Daniel Defoe">Daniel Defoe</a>], <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moll_Flanders" class="extiw" title="w:Moll Flanders">The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders, &c.<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="Who was Born in Newgate, and during a Life of Continu’d Variety for Threescore Years, besides Her Childhood, was Twelve Year a Whore, Five Times a Wife (whereof Once to Her Own Brother) Twelve Year a Thief, Eight Year a Transported Felon in Virginia, at last Grew Rich, Liv’d Honest, and Died a Penitent, Written from Her Own Memorandums.">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span></a></cite>, London: <span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="Printed for, and sold by,">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"> </span> W<span style="font-style: normal;">[</span>illiam Rufus<span style="font-style: normal;">]</span> Chetwood,<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="at Cato’s-Head, in Russel-street, Covent-Garden">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span>; and T. Edling,<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="at the Prince’s-Arms, over-against Exerter-Change in the Strand.">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span>, published <span class="None" lang="und">1722</span>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/723450724">→OCLC</a></small>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/bim_eighteenth-century_moll-flanders-the-for_defoe-daniel_1722/page/n276/mode/1up">page <span class="None" lang="und">263</span></a>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">I vvas Tall and <b>Perſonable</b>, but a little too ſmooth Fac'd for a Man; hovvever as I ſeldom vvent Abroad, but in the Night it did vvell enough; <span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b">[</span>…<span class="q-hellip-b">]</span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span></span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><b>1822</b> May 29, [<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Scott" class="extiw" title="w:Walter Scott">Walter Scott</a>], chapter VIII, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fortunes_of_Nigel" class="extiw" title="w:The Fortunes of Nigel">The Fortunes of Nigel.<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="[...] In Three Volumes.">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span></a></cite>, volume II, Edinburgh: <span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="Printed [by]">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"> </span> [<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Ballantyne" class="extiw" title="w:James Ballantyne">James Ballantyne and Co.</a>] for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constable_%26_Robinson" class="extiw" title="w:Constable & Robinson">Archibald Constable and Co.</a>; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/277973588">→OCLC</a></small>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/fortunesofnigel02scotuoft/page/182/mode/1up">page <span class="None" lang="und">182</span></a>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">I admit him a <b>personable</b> man, for I have seen him; and I will suppose him courteous and agreeable.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1908</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._M._Forster" class="extiw" title="w:E. M. Forster">E[dward] M[organ] Forster</a>, “Twelfth Chapter”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Room_with_a_View" class="extiw" title="w:A Room with a View">A Room with a View</a></cite>, London: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Arnold_(publisher)" class="extiw" title="w:Edward Arnold (publisher)">Edward Arnold</a>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/364461">→OCLC</a></small>, part II, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/roomwithview00forsrich/page/204/mode/1up">page <span class="None" lang="und">204</span></a>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">He regarded himself as dressed. Barefoot, bare-chested, radiant and <b>personable</b> against the shadowy woods, he called: "Hullo, Miss Honeychurch! Hullo!"</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li><li class="senseid" id="English:_friendly" data-lang="en" data-id="friendly"> Of a person: having a <a href="/wiki/pleasant#Adjective" title="pleasant">pleasant</a> <a href="/wiki/manner#Noun" title="manner">manner</a>; <a href="/wiki/amiable" title="amiable">amiable</a>, <a href="/wiki/friendly#Adjective" title="friendly">friendly</a>. <dl><dd><span class="nyms synonym"><span class="defdate">Synonyms:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/affable#English" title="affable">affable</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/agreeable#English" title="agreeable">agreeable</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/likeable#English" title="likeable">likeable</a></span>; <i>see also</i> <a href="/wiki/Thesaurus:friendly#English" title="Thesaurus:friendly">Thesaurus:<span class="Latn" lang="en">friendly</span></a></span></dd> <dd><span class="nyms antonym"><span class="defdate">Antonyms:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/unpersonable#English" title="unpersonable">unpersonable</a></span>; <i>see also</i> <a href="/wiki/Thesaurus:hostile#English" title="Thesaurus:hostile">Thesaurus:<span class="Latn" lang="en">hostile</span></a></span></dd></dl> <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1590</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Spenser" class="extiw" title="w:Edmund Spenser">Edmund Spenser</a>, “Book III, Canto IV”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Faerie_Queene" class="extiw" title="w:The Faerie Queene">The Faerie Queene.<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="Disposed into Twelue Bookes, Fashioning XII. Morall Vertues.">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span></a></cite>, London: <span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="Printed [by]">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"> </span> [<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wolfe_(printer)" class="extiw" title="w:John Wolfe (printer)">John Wolfe</a>] for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Ponsonby_(publisher)" class="extiw" title="w:William Ponsonby (publisher)">William Ponsonbie</a>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/960102938">→OCLC</a></small>, stanza 5, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/faeriequeenedispo00spen/page/445/mode/1up">page <span class="None" lang="und">445</span></a>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">A thouſand thoughts ſhe faſhioned in her mind, / And in her feigning fancie did pourtray / Him ſuch, as fitteſt he for loue could find, / VViſe, vvarlike, <b>perſonable</b>, courteous, and kind.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1919</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Alexander_Altsheler" class="extiw" title="w:Joseph Alexander Altsheler">Joseph A[lexander] Altsheler</a>, “Music in the Moonlight”, in <cite>The Sun of Quebec: A Story of a Great Crisis</cite> (The French and Indian War Series; 6), New York, N.Y.: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appleton-Century-Crofts" class="extiw" title="w:Appleton-Century-Crofts">Appleton-Century-Crofts</a>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/1044027462">→OCLC</a></small>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/sunofquebecstory0000jose/page/88/mode/1up">page <span class="None" lang="und">88</span></a>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">I'm bound to admit that you're a <b>personable</b> young rascal, with the best manners I've met in a long time, but I warn you that you can't go far.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><b>2003</b> September 22, Randy James, quoting <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephanie_Birkitt" class="extiw" title="w:Stephanie Birkitt">Stephanie Birkitt</a>, “2-Min. Bio: Stephanie Birkitt: Letterman’s Lover?”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_(magazine)" class="extiw" title="w:Time (magazine)">Time</a></cite>‎<sup><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101025172355/http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1927568,00.html">[1]</a></sup>, New York, N.Y.: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Inc." class="extiw" title="w:Time Inc.">Time Inc.</a>, published 5 October 2009, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0040-781X">→ISSN</a></small>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/1311479">→OCLC</a></small>, archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1927568,00.html">the original</a> on <span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2010-10-25">2010-10-25</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">Aside from being incredibly funny and <b>personable</b> he <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Letterman" class="extiw" title="w:David Letterman"><span class="quote-note"><span class="quote-gloss-brac">[</span><span class="quote-gloss-content">David</span><span class="quote-gloss-brac">]</span></span> Letterman</a> is generous, kind and is great fun to play catch with.</span><dl><dd><span class="e-footer"><span style="font-size:85%;">Quoted from <i>Window on Wake Forest</i> (23 September 2003).</span></span></dd></dl></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#obsolete" title="Appendix:Glossary">obsolete</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> <ol><li class="mw-empty-elt"></li><li class="senseid" id="English:_personal" data-lang="en" data-id="personal"><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#rare" title="Appendix:Glossary">rare</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> <span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention">Synonym of <span class="form-of-definition-link"><i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/personal#English" title="personal">personal</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">done <a href="/wiki/in_person" title="in person">in person</a>, without an <a href="/wiki/intermediary#Noun" title="intermediary">intermediary</a></span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></span></span></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li><li class="senseid" id="English:_law" data-lang="en" data-id="law"><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/law#English" title="law">law</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> Being a <a href="/wiki/legal_person" title="legal person">legal person</a> and thus able to <a href="/wiki/maintain" title="maintain">maintain</a> a <a href="/wiki/plea#Noun" title="plea">plea</a> in <a href="/wiki/court#Noun" title="court">court</a>, or to <a href="/wiki/hold#Verb" title="hold">hold</a> some <a href="/wiki/property#Noun" title="property">property</a> or <a href="/wiki/right#Noun" title="right">right</a>. <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source">[<span class="None" lang="und"><b>1468</b></span>, “Petitions of the Commons, with Their Summons”, in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Prynne" class="extiw" title="w:William Prynne">William Prynne</a>, editor, <cite>An Exact Abridgement of the Records in the Tower of London, from the Reign of King Edward the Second, unto King Richard the Third,<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="of All the Parliaments Holden in each Kings Reign, and the Several Acts in Every Parliament: Together with the Names and Titles of All the Dukes, Marquesses, Earls, Viscounts, and Barons, Summoned to Every of the Said Parliaments. Collected by Sir Robert Cotton Knight and Baronet. Revised, Rectified in Sundry Mistakes, and Supplied with a Preface, Marginal Notes, Several Omissions, and Exact Tables, both of the Special Matters, Great Officers[,] Speakers, Nobles, and Other Persons therein Conteined.">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span></cite>, London: <span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="Printed for">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"> </span> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Leake" class="extiw" title="w:William Leake">William Leake</a><span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="stationer, at the Crown in Fleetstreet, between the two Temple Gates">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span>, published <span class="None" lang="und">1657</span>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/228732265">→OCLC</a></small>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=RTbnAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA18-PA11">page <span class="None" lang="und">683</span></a>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">It is enacted, that the Kings Letters Patents hereafter enſuing made to Queen <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_I" class="extiw" title="w:Elizabeth I">Elizabeth</a></i> of her dovver, ſhall be good, and that the Queen be by that name <b>perſonable</b> to plead, and be impleaded, that parcell of her dovver aſſigned by the Kings Letters Patents under the ſeal of the Dutchy of <i>Lancaſter</i> be good, albeit there be no livery and ſeiſin delivered vpon the ſame, vvherein are certain proviſions.</span><dl><dd><span class="e-footer"><span style="font-size:85%;">Written in Late Middle English.</span></span>]</dd></dl></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1607</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cowell_(jurist)" class="extiw" title="w:John Cowell (jurist)">Iohn [<i>i.e.</i>, John] Cowell</a>, “Personable”, in <cite>The Interpreter: Or Booke Containing the Signification of Words: Wherein is Set Foorth the True Meaning of All, or the Most Part of Such Words and Terms, as are Mentioned in the Lawe Writers, or Statutes of This Victorious and Renowned Kingdome, Requiring any Exposition or Interpretation.<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="A Worke Not Onely Profitable, but Necessary for such as Desire Throughly to be Instructed in the Knowledge of our Lawes, Statues, or Other Antiquities.">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span></cite>, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: <span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="Printed by">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"> </span> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Legate" class="extiw" title="w:John Legate">Iohn Legate</a>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/56069045">→OCLC</a></small>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=EAhlAAAAcAAJ&pg=PT330">signature Bbb 4, recto</a>, column 1:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">The demaundant vvas iudged <b>perſonable</b> to maintaine this action. <span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b">[</span>…<span class="q-hellip-b">]</span><span class="q-hellip-b"> </span> The tenent pleaded that the vvife vvas an alien borne in <i>Portingall</i> vvithout the ligeance of the King, and Iudgement vvas asked vvhether ſhe vvould be anſvvered. The plaintife ſaith: ſhee vvas made <b>perſonable</b> by Parlament, that is, as the Ciuillians vvould ſpeake it, <i>habere perſonam ſtandi in iudicio</i>.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li></ol></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Alternative_forms">Alternative forms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=personable&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Alternative forms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/parsonable#English" title="parsonable">parsonable</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/personible#English" title="personible">personible</a></span> <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">obsolete, 18th–19th c.</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Derived_terms">Derived terms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=personable&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Derived terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="list-switcher-wrapper"><div class="list-switcher" data-toggle-category="derived terms"><div class="term-list columns-bg ul-column-count" data-column-count="3"><ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/impersonable#English" title="impersonable">impersonable</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/personability#English" title="personability">personability</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/personableness#English" title="personableness">personableness</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/personably#English" title="personably">personably</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/unpersonable#English" title="unpersonable">unpersonable</a></span></li></ul></div></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Translations">Translations</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=personable&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Translations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="pseudo NavFrame" id="Translations-of_a_person:_having_a_pleasing_appearance"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">of a person: having a pleasing appearance <span style="font-weight:normal">— <i>see </i></span><a href="/wiki/attractive#Translations" title="attractive">attractive</a>,‎ <a href="/wiki/handsome#Translations" title="handsome">handsome</a></div></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-of_a_person:_having_a_pleasant_manner"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">of a person: having a pleasant manner <span style="font-weight:normal">— <i>see also </i></span><a href="/wiki/amiable#Translations" title="amiable">amiable</a>,‎ <a href="/wiki/friendly#Translations" title="friendly">friendly</a></div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="of a person: having a pleasant manner"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r81584270">.mw-parser-output .translations{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .translations-cell{background-color:var(--wikt-palette-lightyellow,#FFFFe0);vertical-align:top;text-align:left}</style> <ul><li>Bulgarian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="bg"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B4%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="представителен (page does not exist)">представителен</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://bg.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B4%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD" class="extiw" title="bg:представителен">(bg)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="bg-Latn" class="tr Latn">predstavitelen</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Dutch: <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/aantrekkelijk#Dutch" title="aantrekkelijk">aantrekkelijk</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/aantrekkelijk" class="extiw" title="nl:aantrekkelijk">(nl)</a></span></li> <li>Finnish: <span class="Latn" lang="fi"><a href="/wiki/miellytt%C3%A4v%C3%A4#Finnish" title="miellyttävä">miellyttävä</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/miellytt%C3%A4v%C3%A4" class="extiw" title="fi:miellyttävä">(fi)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="fi"><a href="/wiki/mukava#Finnish" title="mukava">mukava</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/mukava" class="extiw" title="fi:mukava">(fi)</a></span></li> <li>German: <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/ansehnlich#German" title="ansehnlich">ansehnlich</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/ansehnlich" class="extiw" title="de:ansehnlich">(de)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/freundlich#German" title="freundlich">freundlich</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/freundlich" class="extiw" title="de:freundlich">(de)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/sympathisch#German" title="sympathisch">sympathisch</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/sympathisch" class="extiw" title="de:sympathisch">(de)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/w/index.php?title=von_angenehmer_Erscheinung&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="von angenehmer Erscheinung (page does not exist)">von angenehmer Erscheinung</a></span></li> <li>Irish: <span class="Latn" lang="ga"><a href="/wiki/dath%C3%BAil#Irish" title="dathúil">dathúil</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="ga"><a href="/wiki/pearsanta#Irish" title="pearsanta">pearsanta</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="ga"><a href="/w/index.php?title=pearsantach&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="pearsantach (page does not exist)">pearsantach</a></span></li> <li>Macedonian: <span class="trreq" data-lang="mk"><i>please add this translation if you can</i></span></li> <li>Polish: <span class="Latn" lang="pl"><a href="/wiki/przyjazny#Polish" title="przyjazny">przyjazny</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/przyjazny" class="extiw" title="pl:przyjazny">(pl)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="pl"><a href="/wiki/przyjemny#Polish" title="przyjemny">przyjemny</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/przyjemny" class="extiw" title="pl:przyjemny">(pl)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="pl"><a href="/wiki/sympatyczny#Polish" title="sympatyczny">sympatyczny</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/sympatyczny" class="extiw" title="pl:sympatyczny">(pl)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Russian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%8F%D1%82%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9#Russian" title="приятный">приятный</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%8F%D1%82%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9" class="extiw" title="ru:приятный">(ru)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">prijatnyj</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Spanish: <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/amable#Spanish" title="amable">amable</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/amable" class="extiw" title="es:amable">(es)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/simpatico#Spanish" title="simpatico">simpatico</a></span></li> <li>Swedish: <span class="Latn" lang="sv"><a href="/wiki/trevlig#Swedish" title="trevlig">trevlig</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/trevlig" class="extiw" title="sv:trevlig">(sv)</a></span></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="References">References</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=personable&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><a href="#cite_ref-1"> ^ </a> <span class="reference-text">“<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/middle-english-dictionary/dictionary/MED33103">personāble, <i>adj.</i></a>”, in <span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_English_Dictionary" class="extiw" title="w:Middle English Dictionary">MED Online</a></cite>, Ann Arbor, Mich.: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Michigan" class="extiw" title="w:University of Michigan">University of Michigan</a>, <span class="None" lang="und">2007</span></span></span>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><a href="#cite_ref-2"> ^ </a> <span class="reference-text"><span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source">“<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1093/OED/1009810587">personable, <i>adj.</i></a>”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_English_Dictionary#Electronic_versions" class="extiw" title="w:Oxford English Dictionary">OED Online</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lock-red.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Paid subscription required"><img alt="Paid subscription required" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Lock-red.svg/8px-Lock-red.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Lock-red.svg/12px-Lock-red.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Lock-red.svg/16px-Lock-red.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="813" /></a></span>⁠</cite>, Oxford: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_University_Press" class="extiw" title="w:Oxford University Press">Oxford University Press</a>, September 2024</span></span>; <span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source">“<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211203113257/https://www.lexico.com/definition/personable">personable, <i>adj.</i></a>”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexico" class="extiw" title="w:Lexico">Lexico</a></cite>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dictionary.com" class="extiw" title="w:Dictionary.com">Dictionary.com</a>; <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_University_Press" class="extiw" title="w:Oxford University Press">Oxford University Press</a>, <span class="None" lang="und">2019–2022</span></span></span>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><a href="#cite_ref-3"> ^ </a> <span class="reference-text">“<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/middle-english-dictionary/dictionary/MED33110">persǒun(e, <i>n.</i>(1)</a>”, in <span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_English_Dictionary" class="extiw" title="w:Middle English Dictionary">MED Online</a></cite>, Ann Arbor, Mich.: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Michigan" class="extiw" title="w:University of Michigan">University of Michigan</a>, <span class="None" lang="und">2007</span></span></span>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><a href="#cite_ref-4"> ^ </a> <span class="reference-text">“<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/middle-english-dictionary/dictionary/MED120">-āble, <i>adj. suf.</i></a>”, in <span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_English_Dictionary" class="extiw" title="w:Middle English Dictionary">MED Online</a></cite>, Ann Arbor, Mich.: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Michigan" class="extiw" title="w:University of Michigan">University of Michigan</a>, <span class="None" lang="und">2007</span></span></span>.</span> </li> </ol></div>    </div><noscript><img src="https://auth.wikimedia.org/loginwiki/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?useformat=desktop&type=1x1&usesul3=1" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; position: absolute;"></noscript> <div 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