different between personable vs magnetic

English

Alternative forms

• personible (obsolete)
• parsonable (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English personable, personabil, equivalent to person +? -able. Compare Medieval Latin personabilis (“personal”), found in a late 13th century British source. The Middle French personable (“remarkable, important”) doesn't appear until 1528.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p??(?)s?n?b?l/

Adjective

personable (comparative more personable, superlative most personable)

1. (of a person) Having a pleasing appearance or manner; attractive; handsome; friendly; amiable.
   • 1822, Sir Walter Scott, The Fortunes of Nigel, ch. 19:

     I admit him a personable man, for I have seen him; and I will suppose him courteous and agreeable.

   • 1908, E. M. Forster, A Room With a View, ch. 12:

     Barefoot, bare-chested, radiant and personable against the shadowy woods, he called: "Hullo, Miss Honeychurch! Hullo!"

   • 1919, Joseph A. Altsheler. The Sun Of Quebec, ch. 5:

     I'm bound to admit that you're a personable young rascal, with the best manners I've met in a long time.

   • 2009, Randy James, "2-Min. Bio: Stephanie Birkitt: Letterman's Lover?," Time, 5 Oct.:

     Aside from being incredibly funny and personable he is generous, kind and is great fun to play catch with.

2. (law) Enabled to maintain pleas in court.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Cowell to this entry?)

3. Having capacity to take anything granted.

Synonyms

• (having a pleasing appearance or manner): affable

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• magnetical (dated)
• magnetick (obsolete)

Etymology

magnet +? -ic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mæ??n?t?k/
• Rhymes: -?t?k

Adjective

magnetic (comparative more magnetic, superlative most magnetic)

1. Of, relating to, operating by, or caused by magnetism.

   a magnetic recorder

2. Having the properties of a magnet, especially the ability to draw or pull.
3. Determined by earth's magnetic fields.

   magnetic north

   the magnetic meridian

4. Having an extraordinary ability to attract.

   He has a magnetic personality.

   • 1611, John Donne, An Anatomy of the World—The First Anniversery

     she that had all magnetic force alone

5. (archaic) Having, susceptible to, or induced by, animal magnetism.

   a magnetic sleep

Synonyms

• (of, relating to, caused by, or operating by magnetism): magnetised, magnetized
• (having the properties a magnet): attractive, repulsive
• (having an extraordinary ability to attract): appealing, attractive, charismatic, inviting, seductive

Antonyms

• (of, relating to, caused by, or operating by magnetism): antimagnetic
• (determined by earth's magnetic fields): geographic
• (having an extraordinary ability to attract): repulsive
• non-magnetic, nonmagnetic

Derived terms

Related terms

• magnet

Translations

Occitan

Adjective

magnetic m (feminine singular magnetica, masculine plural magnetics, feminine plural magneticas)

1. magnetic

Further reading

• Joan de Cantalausa (2006) Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians, 2 edition, ?ISBN, page 617.

Romanian

Etymology

From French magnétique.

Adjective

magnetic m or n (feminine singular magnetic?, masculine plural magnetici, feminine and neuter plural magnetice)

1. magnetic

Declension