释义 |
unconˈtrollableness [f. prec.] The state or quality of being uncontrollable.
1634Bp. Hall Contempl., N.T. iv. vii, Vices,..when they grow inveterate, have a strong plea for their abode and uncontroulableness. 1673Cave Prim. Chr. iii. ii. 243 The Uncontrolableness of the Miracles performed in his Name. 1748Richardson Clarissa (1811) II. xxx. 192 My charge upon him of unpoliteness and uncontroulableness. 1833Carlyle Misc. Ess., Diderot (1888) 62 With vehemence enough, with even a female uncontrollableness. 1862Mill Syst. Logic (ed. 5) II. 416 [It] cannot fail..to create a feeling of uncontrollableness in the former also. |