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irrestrainable, a.|ɪrɪˈstreɪnəb(ə)l| [ir-2.] Not restrainable; that cannot be restrained or held in check.
1643Prynne Sov. Power Parl. i. (ed. 2) 91 An absolute, irrevocable, uncontroulable Supremacy over them, superiour to, irrestrainable, irresistable, or unalterable by their owne primitive inherent Nationall Soveraignety. 1854Blackw. Mag. LXXVI. 373 The intense enthusiasm..became almost irrestrainable. 1886Greatheart II. 174 ‘Here's Arthur’, cried the children; and irrestrainable Johnny let himself down out of the carriage to meet him. Hence irreˈstrainably adv., in a way that cannot be restrained.
1685R. L'Estrange Observator Defended 8 Which facultie he vindicates to himself irrestrainably. 1873Ruskin Fors Clav. xxxviii. 26 Liars and traitors..soak their way down, irrestrainably, to the gutter grating. |