comfortability

名词 n.
/ˌkʌmfətəˈbɪlɪti/    /ˌkʌmfɚtəˈbɪlɪti/|[ˌkəmfɚɾəˈbɪləɾi]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Synonym of comfort (“contentment, ease”). countable,uncountable
    — "I must introduce you," said Mr. Griffiths, when he called on me one morning, "to a countryman of mine, who now rivals Foneron in giving dinners; but whose luxurious extravagance bids fair soon to eclipse the unostentatious comfortability of Foneron's Friday parties."
  2. Synonym of comfortableness (“the quality or state of being comfortable or relaxed”). countable,uncountable
    — [I was] smiling at the petulant activity of the tottering Cardinal de Heflin, the Bavarian minister, or the rough etourderie of the Wirtemberg envoy and the grave comfortability of the Dutch, when I heard suddenly announced, with a brilliant and numerous suite, the Austrian ambassador, the Count [Antal] Appony.

词形变化

词源

From comfort + -ability (suffix forming nouns from verbs, denoting an ability, inclination, or suitability for a specified function or condition), or comfortable + -ity (suffix forming nouns from adjectives, referring to the property, quality, or state of conforming to [the meaning of the adjective]).
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