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† inˈopinable, a. Obs.
Also 5 -oppin-.
[ad. L. inopīnābilis not to be expected, inconceivable, f. in- (in-3) + opīnābilis opinable; cf. F. inopinable (14th c. in Godef.).]
Not opinable; unthinkable, inconceivable; not to be thought of.
1432–50tr. Higden (Rolls) I. 9 Hauenge inoppinable appetite to beholde gestes of antiquite. 1528Roy Rede me (Arb.) 43 Full of crakynge wordes inopinable. c1555Harpsfield Divorce Hen. VIII (Camden) 148 This, I say, is inopynable, incredible and a very paradox. 1581Marbeck Bk. of Notes 343 What a wonderful paradoxe and inopinable sentence is this.
Hence † inopinably adv. [cf. late L. inopīnābiliter], inconceivably.
c1450Mirour Saluacioun 4927 The first [joy] inopynably ware ouere mesure to telle. |