impayableadj.

/ɪmˈpeɪəbl/

/ampeɪˈɑːblə/

Etymology: < French impayable, < im- (im- prefix²) + payer (in Old French) to appease, satisfy, (modern French) to pay. Used in Middle English; in modern use often treated as French.

†1. Implacable, unappeasable. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [adjective] > implacable

impayablea1340

unquemable1440

implacablec1522

unplacable1553

unappeasable1561

impacable1571

immitigable1576

unappeasable1577

inexpiable1598

inexpiate1598

implacable1650

ungainable1661

unredressable1716

unsurmountable1771

indomitable1828

inappeasable1840

untruckling1850

intransigent1881

a1340 R. Rolle Psalter lxxxvii. 7 Impayable semes þi wraith.

2. That cannot be paid or discharged.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > payment > payment of debt > [adjective] > that cannot be paid (of debts)

unpayablec1500

insolvable1755

impayable1797

insoluble1850

the mind > language > speech > agreement > observance > non-observance or breach > [adjective] > not observed > that cannot be observed

impayable1797

1797 S. J. Pratt in Monthly Rev. 23 60 Impayable obligations.

1843 Ld. Houghton Let. 30 June in T. W. Reid Life Ld. Houghton (1890) I. vii. 300 I have mooted..the subject of the payment of the Roman Catholic Church in Ireland (which D'Orsay says is ‘impayable’).

3. (a) Beyond price, priceless, invaluable. (b) colloquial. Going beyond ordinary limits; ‘beyond anything’ (‘extraordinaire, très-plaisant, très-bizarre’ Littré).

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > [adjective] > that goes beyond ordinary limits

unwonted1642

transgressional1690

impayable1818

1818 Lady Morgan in Passages from Autobiogr. (1859) 29 I must send you some of her notes, for they are impayable.

1823 W. Scott Quentin Durward I. Introd. p. xlix The cheese, the fruits, the sallad..and the delicious white wine, each in their way were impayables.

1906 G. Meredith Let. 23 Nov. (1970) III. 1579 His [sc. Whistler's] tales of his student life in Paris..were impayable.

1954 P. Bottome Against Whom? xxiii. 177 As a patient, she is unsatisfactory..as a girl she is impayable!

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	impayable
释义	impayableadj. /ɪmˈpeɪəbl//ampeɪˈɑːblə/ Etymology: < French impayable, < im- (im- prefix²) + payer (in Old French) to appease, satisfy, (modern French) to pay. Used in Middle English; in modern use often treated as French. †1. Implacable, unappeasable. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [adjective] > implacable impayablea1340 unquemable1440 implacablec1522 unplacable1553 unappeasable1561 impacable1571 immitigable1576 unappeasable1577 inexpiable1598 inexpiate1598 implacable1650 ungainable1661 unredressable1716 unsurmountable1771 indomitable1828 inappeasable1840 untruckling1850 intransigent1881 a1340 R. Rolle Psalter lxxxvii. 7 Impayable semes þi wraith. 2. That cannot be paid or discharged. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > payment > payment of debt > [adjective] > that cannot be paid (of debts) unpayablec1500 insolvable1755 impayable1797 insoluble1850 the mind > language > speech > agreement > observance > non-observance or breach > [adjective] > not observed > that cannot be observed impayable1797 1797 S. J. Pratt in Monthly Rev. 23 60 Impayable obligations. 1843 Ld. Houghton Let. 30 June in T. W. Reid Life Ld. Houghton (1890) I. vii. 300 I have mooted..the subject of the payment of the Roman Catholic Church in Ireland (which D'Orsay says is ‘impayable’). 3. (a) Beyond price, priceless, invaluable. (b) colloquial. Going beyond ordinary limits; ‘beyond anything’ (‘extraordinaire, très-plaisant, très-bizarre’ Littré). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > [adjective] > that goes beyond ordinary limits unwonted1642 transgressional1690 impayable1818 1818 Lady Morgan in Passages from Autobiogr. (1859) 29 I must send you some of her notes, for they are impayable. 1823 W. Scott Quentin Durward I. Introd. p. xlix The cheese, the fruits, the sallad..and the delicious white wine, each in their way were impayables. 1906 G. Meredith Let. 23 Nov. (1970) III. 1579 His [sc. Whistler's] tales of his student life in Paris..were impayable. 1954 P. Bottome Against Whom? xxiii. 177 As a patient, she is unsatisfactory..as a girl she is impayable! This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < adj.a1340
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