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unˈimitable, a. ? Obs.
(un-1 7 b, 5 b.)
Very common in 17th century.
1581Sidney Apol. Poetrie (Arb.) 46 As the vnimitable Pindar often did. 1622F. Markham Bk. War Ep. Ded. A 3 b, As by his owne vnimitable pen is protested. 1683Kennett Erasm. on Folly 48 As they [sc. bees] give a model of in their unimitable Combs. 1695J. Edwards Perfect. Script. Ded., You bore the..insults of the enemy with unimitable bravery. 1773Johnson in Shakespeare's Wks. V. 508 But Falstaff unimitated, unimitable Falstaff, how shall I describe thee?
So † unˈimitably adv. Obs.
1622Peacham Compl. Gent. x. 91 His sweetnesse and facilitie in a verse, vnimitably excellent. 1670Walton Lives, Donne 80 His fancy was unimitably high, equalled only by his great wit. |