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unˈcounsellable, a. [un-1 7 b, 5 b.] 1. Of persons: Not open to counsel. Very common in the 17th century.
a1578Lindesay (Pitscottie) Chron. Scot. (S.T.S.) I. 266 Takand no thocht as ane man wncons[al]able. 1646J. Whitaker Uzziah 28 Pride..makes the soul uncounselable. 1680C. Nesse Ch. Hist. 60 Those sturdy rebels were uncounsellable. 1825Jamieson, Unbiddable, unadvisable, uncounselable. †2. Of things: Inadvisable. Obs.
a1674Clarendon Hist. Reb. (J.), It would have been uncounsellable to have march'd to any distance, and have left such an enemy at their backs. |