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unˈprizable, a.
[un-1 7 b.]
1. Not to be prized; of little worth.
1601Shakes. Twel. N. v. i. 58 A bawbling Vessell was he Captaine of, For shallow draught and bulke vnprizable.
†2. Beyond all price; inestimable. Obs.
1604T. Wright Passions v. iv. 246 Some gifts are..so vn⁓prizable, that a man is never able perfitly to recompence them. 1616Breton Good & Bad Wks. (Grosart) 12/2 A Quiet Woman is..a iewell vnprizeable and a ioy vnspeakable. 1634W. Tirwhyt tr. Balzac's Lett. (vol. I) 258 She is rich, but my liberty is unprizeable. |