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intolerant, a. (n.)|ɪnˈtɒlərənt|
[ad. L. intolerānt-em, f. in- (in3) + tolerānt-em, pr. pple. of tolerāre to bear, endure, tolerate. Cf. F. intolérant (1732 Dict. Trév.).]
A. adj. Not tolerant; wanting in tolerance or toleration.
1. a. Not having the habit or capacity of tolerating (something); unable, or unwilling, to tolerate or endure (something specified). Const. of.
a1735Arbuthnot (J.), The powers of human bodies being limited and intolerant of excesses. 1864Burton Scot Abr. I. v. 275 At one period aristocracy and government are intolerant of the poor and of liberty—at another, the populace are intolerant of rank and order. 1874Symonds Sk. Italy & Greece (1898) I. i. 4 We are intolerant of everything that is not simple. 1896Spectator 31 Oct. 583/1 You..hear physicians say that this or that man's constitution is ‘intolerant’ of this or that drug, intolerant, say, of quinine or iron.
b. Ecol. Of trees or other plants: unable to flourish in deep shade.
1898G. Pinchot Adirondack Spruce 5 The Poplar, a tree very intolerant of shade..rapidly takes possession of the soil. Ibid. 22 If the intolerant species can get the start, being often rapid of growth, they may hold their position by growing above the other trees about them. 1929Weaver & Clements Plant Ecol. xiv. 320 The leaves of intolerant trees can not make food in weak, diffuse light. 1952P. W. Richards Tropical Rain Forest iii. 42 Of the young trees in this patch of undergrowth the more light-demanding (intolerant) species respond more quickly than the shade-bearing (tolerant) species. 1965G. L. Clarke Elem. Ecol. (rev. ed.) vi. 233 Plants that require strong illumination and will not survive or develop in reduced light are referred to as intolerant species.
2. spec. That does not tolerate opinions or practices different from one's own, esp. in religious matters; that denies or refuses to others the right to differ or dissent; disposed to persecute those who differ.
1765Lowth Lett. to Warburton 62 Why then am I branded, as an intolerant Zealot? 1794Paley Evid. (1825) II. 250 The national temper of the Jews was intolerant. 1849Macaulay Hist. Eng. ii. I. 167 The House of Commons..showed a strong disposition to check the intolerant loyalty of the Cavaliers. 1878Morley Crit. Misc. Ser. i. Carlyle 200 Holding one or other of the rival creeds in its most extreme, exclusive and intolerant form.
B. n. An intolerant person.
1765Lowth Lett. to Warburton 61 You might as well have concluded, that I was a Jew, or a Mahometan, as an Intolerant and a Persecutor. 1827Blackw. Mag. XXII. 404 They are finished intolerants and exclusionists. 1881Palgrave Vis. Eng. 159 Rival intolerants each 'gainst other flamed. |