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inexhaustible, a.|ɪnɛgˈzɔːstɪb(ə)l|
Also 8–9 -able.
[in-3. Cf. OF. inexhaustible (15–16th c. in Godef.).]
Not exhaustible.
1. Incapable of being exhausted, consumed, or spent; exhaustless.
a1631Donne in Select. (1840) 65 A free pardon by the incorruptible..and inexhaustible blood of Christ Jesus. 1656Cowley Misc. Pref. ad fin., Employing all her inexhaustible Riches of Wit and Eloquence. 1732Berkeley Alciphr. ii. §14 If you had an inexhaustible fund of gold and silver. 1766Pennant Zool. (1768) I. Pref. 4 Our inexhaustable strata of coal. 1823J. Badcock Dom. Amusem. 179 The most inexhaustable supply. 1873Hamerton Intell. Life xii. iii, A noble loch in its inexhaustible loveliness.
2. Of a receptacle or vessel: Incapable of being exhausted or emptied of contents.
inexhaustible bottle: a toy used by conjurors, and others; it consists of an opaque bottle containing within it generally five small phials, which communicate with the exterior by five small holes; each phial has also a small neck which passes up into the neck of the bottle; the phials are filled with different liquors, any of which may at will be allowed to pour out by opening the proper hole and letting in air.
1601R. Johnson Kingd. & Commw. (1603) 40 The corne and provision of the inexhaustible garners of Apulia, Sicil, Sardinia. 1646J. Hall Horæ Vac. 182 Rather free of their countenance then purse, which as it cannot be inexhaustible, so [etc.]. 1709Addison Tatler No. 119 ⁋1 The present Age by the Invention of Glasses, opened a new and inexhaustible Magazine of Rarities.
3. Of a person or his attributes: Incapable of being exhausted or worn out in strength or vigour.
1762Gibbon Jrnl. 23 Sept., He has inexhaustible spirits. 1842Lytton Zanoni 24 The inexhaustible Paisiello, charmed with her performance. 1848A. B. Longstreet Georgia Scenes 207 They [mountaineers] are, however, almost inexhaustible by toil. 1870Disraeli Lothair liii. 288 Berwick is at Biarritz, an inexhaustible intriguer. |