6 March 2015
equable
[ek-wuh-buh l, ee-kwuh-]
adjective
1. free from many changes or variations; uniform:
an equable climate; an equable temperament.
2. uniform in operation or effect, as laws.
Origin
Latin
1635-1645; < Latin aequābilis that can be made equal, similar, equivalent to aequ (us) equal, even + -ābilis -able
Related forms
equability, equableness, noun
equably, adverb
nonequability, noun
nonequable, adjective
nonequableness, noun
Can be confused
equable, equitable.
Synonyms
1. steady, even, temperate.
Antonyms
1. variable.
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Examples from the web for equable
– Many countries made a genuine attempt to set a new and equable tone for discussion and debate.
– In school and college he was liked for his equable temper and fairness, but was not demonstrative enough to be eminently popular.
– The light sediment consisted mostly of calcareous foram shells, deposited in a period of relatively equable climate.
Anagram
be equal
Today’s aphorism
Love is when the other person’s happiness is more important than your own.
– H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
On this day
6 March 1836 – death of Davy Crocket, American frontiersman, King of the Wild Frontier.
6 March 1899 – aspirin is patented in Germany by Friedrich Bayer and Co. It is the brand name for acetylsalicylic acid, which included an extract from the bark of the willow tree.
6 March 1984 – death of Martin Niemöller, German pastor. Niemöller originally supported Adolf Hitler, however, he soon realised he’d made a mistake. He blamed Hitler’s rise to power and the ensuing war and genocide, on the support and acceptance of his policies from churches and ordinary citizens, as well as the lack of speaking up against injustice. Niemöller is most well known for his statement, ‘First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out – because I was not a Socialist. Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out – because I was not a Trade Unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out – because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me – and there was no one left to speak for me’. Born 14 January 1892.
6 March 2012 – A three-year old McNuggett shaped like George Washington sells for $8,100 on eBay by a woman in Nebraska.