different between tolerable vs goodish

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French tolerable, from Latin toler?bilis.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?t?l???bl?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?t?l???bl?/
• Hyphenation: tol?er?able

Adjective

tolerable (comparative more tolerable, superlative most tolerable)

1. Capable of being borne, tolerated or endured; bearable or endurable.
2. Moderate in degree; mediocre; passable, acceptable or so-so.
3. Such as to be tolerated or countenanced; permissible; allowable.
4. In fair health; passably well.

Antonyms

• intolerable

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Adverb

tolerable (comparative more tolerable, superlative most tolerable)

1. (dialect) tolerably; passably; moderately.

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin toler?bilis.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /to.l???a.bl?/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /tu.l???a.bl?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /to.le??a.ble/

Adjective

tolerable (masculine and feminine plural tolerables)

1. tolerable

   Antonym: intolerable

Derived terms

• tolerabilitat

Related terms

• tolerar

Further reading

• “tolerable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “tolerable” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “tolerable” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “tolerable” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Alternative forms

• tolerábel

Etymology

From Latin toler?bilis.

Adjective

tolerable m or f (plural tolerables)

1. tolerable

   Antonym: intolerable

Related terms

• tolerar

Further reading

• “tolerable” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin toler?bilis.

Adjective

tolerable (plural tolerables)

1. tolerable

   Antonym: intolerable

Derived terms

• tolerabilidad

Related terms

• tolerar

Further reading

• “tolerable” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

good +? -ish

Adjective

goodish (not comparable)

1. Rather good than the contrary; not actually bad; tolerable.
2. Considerable; goodly.
   • 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island

     The white rock, visible enough above the brush, was still some eighth of a mile further down the spit, and it took me a goodish while to get up with it, crawling, often on all fours, among the scrub.

Translations

References

• goodish in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.