behoovable
English
Etymology
Adjective
behoovable (comparative more behoovable, superlative most behoovable)
- (obsolete) Supplying need; profitable; advantageous.
- c. 1393, Julian of Norwich, “chapter 27”, in Revelations of Divine Love:
- Synne is behovabil, but al shal be wel
References
- “behoovable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.