different between striking vs personable

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?st?a?k??/
• Rhymes: -a?k??

Adjective

striking (comparative more striking, superlative most striking)

1. Making a strong impression.

   • This new-comer was a man who in any company would have seemed striking. In complexion fair, and with blue or gray eyes, he was tall as any Viking, as broad in the shoulder.

   • 2016 February 6, "Israel’s prickliness blocks the long quest for peace," The National (retrieved 8 February 2016):

     This worrisome tendency was on display in recent weeks as Israelis reacted with striking vehemence to remarks by UN secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, and US ambassador to Israel, Daniel Shapiro.

Translations

Verb

striking

1. present participle of strike

Noun

striking (plural strikings)

1. The act by which something strikes or is struck.
   • 2012, Andrew Pessin, Uncommon Sense (page 142)

     We've observed plenty of strikings followed by lightings, so even if we should not say that the strikings cause the lightings, isn't it at least reasonable to predict, and to believe, that the next time we strike a match in similar conditions, it will be followed by a lighting?

Anagrams

• skirting

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

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