immovableadj.n.

/ɪˈmuːvəb(ə)l/

Forms: Also Middle English inmoeueable, Middle English inmeuable, Middle English–1500s immoov(e)able, 1500s– immoveable.

Etymology: < im- prefix² + movable adj. and n. Compare obsolete French immo(u)vable.

That cannot be moved.

A. adj.

1. literal. That cannot be moved physically; firmly fixed; incapable of movement. Often less strictly: Motionless, stationary, fixed.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > absence of movement > [adjective] > immovable

unstirrablea1340

unmovablea1382

immovablec1440

unremovablec1454

immotable1587

unmoble1594

irremovable1598

unshiftable1890

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 262/1 Inmeuable, immobilis.

1532 (c1385) Usk's Test. Loue in Wks. G. Chaucer iii. f. ccclix^v No reason defendeth, that somthynge ne may be in tyme temporel mouyng, that in eterne is immouable.

1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 325 Armies of men passe ouer the immouable ise.

1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene v. ii. sig. N7^v The earth was in the middle centre pight, In which it doth immoueable abide.

1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. J. Albert de Mandelslo 214 in Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors They lie down all along upon the ground, immovable as Statues.

1774 C. J. Phipps Voy. N. Pole 157 By these means the point of suspension of the pendulum is rendered much more immovable.

1831 R. Knox tr. H. Cloquet Syst. Human Anat. (ed. 2) 168 The articulations are naturally divided into..the moveable and the immoveable.

1855 D. Brewster Mem. Life I. Newton (new ed.) I. xi. 255 In his eye the sun stood immovable in the centre of the universe.

a. figurative. Not subject to change; unalterable, fixed. immovable feast: a religious feast celebrated on the same date every year, such as Christmas and saints' days.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > [adjective] > unchangeable

unchangeablea1340

immovablec1374

unmovablec1384

immutable1412

unvariablec1425

indeclinable1432

unmutable?a1439

incommutablec1450

irrevocable1490

impermutable1528

irrecoverable1540

inalterable?1541

unreformable1549

inchangeable1583

beyond (also past, without) recall1597

incontrollable1605

invariable1607

unalterable1611

unrecallable1611

untransmutable1611

unreversable1616

involublea1618

irreversible1629

irreducible1633

inconvertible1646

eternal1685

intransmutable1691

unconvertible1700

unvoidable1725

unmodifiable1798

irreformable1812

irrevertible1822

irredeemable1839

true1845

influxible1871

irrevisable1884

intransformable1887

c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. v. pr. vi. 173 (BL Add.) Þis ilke infinite moeuyng of temporel þinges folwiþ þis presentarie estat of þe lijf inmoeueable.

a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. P.ij^v The..realm of Egypt..hadde a lawe immouable.

1663 J. Spencer Disc. Prodigies (1665) 312 Kingdoms..increasing to a greatness in the eye of sense immovable, and at last concluding in soil and dirt.

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) at Moveable Feasts The Immoveable Feasts are those, which..constantly fall on the same Day of the Month.

1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems lxiv. 209 Words which his heedful soul had kept immovable ever.

b. Incapable of being diverted from one's purpose: steadfast, unyielding.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > decision > constancy or steadfastness > [adjective]

fasteOE

stathelfasteOE

anredOE

hardOE

starkOE

trueOE

steadfast993

fastredeOE

stithc1000

findyOE

stablea1275

stathelyc1275

stiffc1275

stablec1290

steel to the (very) backa1300

unbowinga1300

stably13..

firm1377

unmovablea1382

constantc1386

abidingc1400

toughc1400

sure1421

unmoblea1425

unfaintedc1425

unfaint1436

permanent?a1475

stalwartc1480

unbroken1513

immovable1534

inconcuss1542

unshaken1548

stout1569

unwavering1570

undiscourageable1571

fixed1574

discourageable1576

unappalled1578

resolute1579

unremoved1583

resolved1585

unflexiblea1586

unshakeda1586

square1589

unstooping1597

iron1598

rocky1601

steady1602

undeclinable1610

unboweda1616

unfainting1615

unswayed1615

staunch1624

undiscourageda1628

staid1631

unshook1633

blue?1636

true blue?1636

tenacious1640

uncomplying1643

yieldless1651

riveting1658

unshakened1659

inconquerable1660

unyielding1677

unbendinga1688

tight1690

unswerving1694

unfaltering1727

unsubmitting1730

undeviating1732

undrooping1736

impervertible1741

undamped1742

undyingc1765

sturdy1775

stiff as a poker1798

unfickle1802

indivertible1821

thick and thin1822

undisheartened1827

inconvertible1829

straightforward1829

indomitable1830

stickfast1831

unsuccumbing1833

unturnable1847

unswerved1849

undivertible1856

unforsaking1862

swerveless1863

steeve1870

rock-ribbed1884

stiff in the back1897

1534 T. Elyot tr. Isocrates Doctr. Princes 8 It becometh..to princes in matter of justice, to have the minde immoveable.

1600 E. Blount tr. G. F. di Conestaggio Hist. Uniting Portugall to Castill 16 Resting immooveable in his counsels, and most obstinate in his opinion.

1759 S. Johnson Prince of Abissinia I. xvii. 121 Heroes immovable by pain or pleasure.

1849 C. Dickens David Copperfield (1850) xxiii. 248 Mr. Jorkins has his opinions on these subjects... Mr. Jorkins is immovable.

c. Incapable of being stirred or affected with feeling; emotionless, impassive.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [adjective] > lacking emotional sensibility

unfeelingc1000

mis-feelinga1382

stonishc1450

unpainfulc1450

obtuse1509

sprightlessa1522

insensate1553

senseless1560

soulless1568

dull-esprited1591

impassible1592

bluntie1598

impenetrable1600

stockish1600

stolidc1600

incapable1601

stupid1605

tasteless1605

unsensitive1610

unexalted1611

insensible1617

unsensible1619

languid1622

immovable1639

dead-hearted1642

sterile1642

resupine1643

unaffectionate1645

iron-bound1648

resentlessa1649

torpid1656

torpulent1657

impassive1699

unreceptive1722

hebete1743

apathetic1744

stubbed1744

gustless1766

unresponsive1768

unsusceptible1779

tideless-blooded1786

unaffectioned1788

inaccessible1796

hebetudinous1820

unimpressible1828

insensitive1834

apathetical1835

non-sensitive1836

blunt-hearted1845

irreceptive1846

unreceptant1846

unimpressionable1847

anaesthetic1860

insentient1860

hard (also tough, sharp) as nails1862

unsqueamish1893

tone-deaf1894

unget-at-able1897

facty1901

zombie1937

pegamoid1957

1639 T. B. tr. J.-P. Camus Certain Moral Relations in S. Du Verger tr. J.-P. Camus Admirable Events 229 His silence and his immoveable countenance gave..an answer which was not favourable.

1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) ii. 5 His features were immoveable.

3. Law. Not liable to be removed; permanent: applied to lands, houses, etc., as opposed to movable goods.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > possessions > [adjective] > real or immovable

unmovablec1390

unmoble?a1425

immovablec1449

real1605

c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 277 The seid textis gooth not so fer as forto forbede..lordschip of immouable godis.

1590 H. Swinburne Briefe Treat. Test. & Willes ii. f. 65 Of immoueable thinges, as of houses, or of demeanes, or of glebe, and such like, ecclesiasticall persons can not dispose by their testaments.

1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan ii. xxiv. 130 All commodities, Moveable, and Immoveable.

1726 J. Ayliffe Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani 84 When an Executor begins to meddle with the immoveable Estate, before he has seiz'd on the moveable Goods.

1871 W. Markby Elem. Law §117 Thus land is..both physically and legally immoveable.

B. n.

(Law.) A piece or article of property that is immovable (see A. 3); almost always in plural. Immovable property, as land and things adherent thereto, as trees, buildings, servitudes.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > possessions > [noun] > real or immovable property

unmoblec1400

unmovable1536

reality1581

immovable1588

realty1616

land1628

real estatea1642

fixed property1845

1588 H. Oldcastle & J. Mellis Briefe Instr. Accompts sig. Bj This..Inuentorie of all my goods, moueables, and immoueables.

1677 tr. A.-N. Amelot de La Houssaie Hist. Govt. Venice 193 Contracts..relating to the buying of Houses, Lands, or Ships (Ships being accounted immovables in Venice by reason of its scituation).

a1832 J. Bentham Princ. Penal Law in Wks. (1843) I. 513 If he has property, it consists either in immoveables, or in moveables.

1884 Law Times Rep. 51 119/1 The property..is, as regards immovables, governed by the law of England.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	immovable
释义	immovableadj.n. /ɪˈmuːvəb(ə)l/ Forms: Also Middle English inmoeueable, Middle English inmeuable, Middle English–1500s immoov(e)able, 1500s– immoveable. Etymology: < im- prefix² + movable adj. and n. Compare obsolete French immo(u)vable. That cannot be moved. A. adj. 1. literal. That cannot be moved physically; firmly fixed; incapable of movement. Often less strictly: Motionless, stationary, fixed. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > absence of movement > [adjective] > immovable unstirrablea1340 unmovablea1382 immovablec1440 unremovablec1454 immotable1587 unmoble1594 irremovable1598 unshiftable1890 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 262/1 Inmeuable, immobilis. 1532 (c1385) Usk's Test. Loue in Wks. G. Chaucer iii. f. ccclix^v No reason defendeth, that somthynge ne may be in tyme temporel mouyng, that in eterne is immouable. 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 325 Armies of men passe ouer the immouable ise. 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene v. ii. sig. N7^v The earth was in the middle centre pight, In which it doth immoueable abide. View more context for this quotation 1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. J. Albert de Mandelslo 214 in Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors They lie down all along upon the ground, immovable as Statues. 1774 C. J. Phipps Voy. N. Pole 157 By these means the point of suspension of the pendulum is rendered much more immovable. 1831 R. Knox tr. H. Cloquet Syst. Human Anat. (ed. 2) 168 The articulations are naturally divided into..the moveable and the immoveable. 1855 D. Brewster Mem. Life I. Newton (new ed.) I. xi. 255 In his eye the sun stood immovable in the centre of the universe. 2. a. figurative. Not subject to change; unalterable, fixed. immovable feast: a religious feast celebrated on the same date every year, such as Christmas and saints' days. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > [adjective] > unchangeable unchangeablea1340 immovablec1374 unmovablec1384 immutable1412 unvariablec1425 indeclinable1432 unmutable?a1439 incommutablec1450 irrevocable1490 impermutable1528 irrecoverable1540 inalterable?1541 unreformable1549 inchangeable1583 beyond (also past, without) recall1597 incontrollable1605 invariable1607 unalterable1611 unrecallable1611 untransmutable1611 unreversable1616 involublea1618 irreversible1629 irreducible1633 inconvertible1646 eternal1685 intransmutable1691 unconvertible1700 unvoidable1725 unmodifiable1798 irreformable1812 irrevertible1822 irredeemable1839 true1845 influxible1871 irrevisable1884 intransformable1887 c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. v. pr. vi. 173 (BL Add.) Þis ilke infinite moeuyng of temporel þinges folwiþ þis presentarie estat of þe lijf inmoeueable. a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. P.ij^v The..realm of Egypt..hadde a lawe immouable. 1663 J. Spencer Disc. Prodigies (1665) 312 Kingdoms..increasing to a greatness in the eye of sense immovable, and at last concluding in soil and dirt. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) at Moveable Feasts The Immoveable Feasts are those, which..constantly fall on the same Day of the Month. 1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems lxiv. 209 Words which his heedful soul had kept immovable ever. b. Incapable of being diverted from one's purpose: steadfast, unyielding. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > constancy or steadfastness > [adjective] fasteOE stathelfasteOE anredOE hardOE starkOE trueOE steadfast993 fastredeOE stithc1000 findyOE stablea1275 stathelyc1275 stiffc1275 stablec1290 steel to the (very) backa1300 unbowinga1300 stably13.. firm1377 unmovablea1382 constantc1386 abidingc1400 toughc1400 sure1421 unmoblea1425 unfaintedc1425 unfaint1436 permanent?a1475 stalwartc1480 unbroken1513 immovable1534 inconcuss1542 unshaken1548 stout1569 unwavering1570 undiscourageable1571 fixed1574 discourageable1576 unappalled1578 resolute1579 unremoved1583 resolved1585 unflexiblea1586 unshakeda1586 square1589 unstooping1597 iron1598 rocky1601 steady1602 undeclinable1610 unboweda1616 unfainting1615 unswayed1615 staunch1624 undiscourageda1628 staid1631 unshook1633 blue?1636 true blue?1636 tenacious1640 uncomplying1643 yieldless1651 riveting1658 unshakened1659 inconquerable1660 unyielding1677 unbendinga1688 tight1690 unswerving1694 unfaltering1727 unsubmitting1730 undeviating1732 undrooping1736 impervertible1741 undamped1742 undyingc1765 sturdy1775 stiff as a poker1798 unfickle1802 indivertible1821 thick and thin1822 undisheartened1827 inconvertible1829 straightforward1829 indomitable1830 stickfast1831 unsuccumbing1833 unturnable1847 unswerved1849 undivertible1856 unforsaking1862 swerveless1863 steeve1870 rock-ribbed1884 stiff in the back1897 1534 T. Elyot tr. Isocrates Doctr. Princes 8 It becometh..to princes in matter of justice, to have the minde immoveable. 1600 E. Blount tr. G. F. di Conestaggio Hist. Uniting Portugall to Castill 16 Resting immooveable in his counsels, and most obstinate in his opinion. 1759 S. Johnson Prince of Abissinia I. xvii. 121 Heroes immovable by pain or pleasure. 1849 C. Dickens David Copperfield (1850) xxiii. 248 Mr. Jorkins has his opinions on these subjects... Mr. Jorkins is immovable. c. Incapable of being stirred or affected with feeling; emotionless, impassive. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [adjective] > lacking emotional sensibility unfeelingc1000 mis-feelinga1382 stonishc1450 unpainfulc1450 obtuse1509 sprightlessa1522 insensate1553 senseless1560 soulless1568 dull-esprited1591 impassible1592 bluntie1598 impenetrable1600 stockish1600 stolidc1600 incapable1601 stupid1605 tasteless1605 unsensitive1610 unexalted1611 insensible1617 unsensible1619 languid1622 immovable1639 dead-hearted1642 sterile1642 resupine1643 unaffectionate1645 iron-bound1648 resentlessa1649 torpid1656 torpulent1657 impassive1699 unreceptive1722 hebete1743 apathetic1744 stubbed1744 gustless1766 unresponsive1768 unsusceptible1779 tideless-blooded1786 unaffectioned1788 inaccessible1796 hebetudinous1820 unimpressible1828 insensitive1834 apathetical1835 non-sensitive1836 blunt-hearted1845 irreceptive1846 unreceptant1846 unimpressionable1847 anaesthetic1860 insentient1860 hard (also tough, sharp) as nails1862 unsqueamish1893 tone-deaf1894 unget-at-able1897 facty1901 zombie1937 pegamoid1957 1639 T. B. tr. J.-P. Camus Certain Moral Relations in S. Du Verger tr. J.-P. Camus Admirable Events 229 His silence and his immoveable countenance gave..an answer which was not favourable. 1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) ii. 5 His features were immoveable. 3. Law. Not liable to be removed; permanent: applied to lands, houses, etc., as opposed to movable goods. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > possessions > [adjective] > real or immovable unmovablec1390 unmoble?a1425 immovablec1449 real1605 c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 277 The seid textis gooth not so fer as forto forbede..lordschip of immouable godis. 1590 H. Swinburne Briefe Treat. Test. & Willes ii. f. 65 Of immoueable thinges, as of houses, or of demeanes, or of glebe, and such like, ecclesiasticall persons can not dispose by their testaments. 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan ii. xxiv. 130 All commodities, Moveable, and Immoveable. 1726 J. Ayliffe Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani 84 When an Executor begins to meddle with the immoveable Estate, before he has seiz'd on the moveable Goods. 1871 W. Markby Elem. Law §117 Thus land is..both physically and legally immoveable. B. n. (Law.) A piece or article of property that is immovable (see A. 3); almost always in plural. Immovable property, as land and things adherent thereto, as trees, buildings, servitudes. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > possessions > [noun] > real or immovable property unmoblec1400 unmovable1536 reality1581 immovable1588 realty1616 land1628 real estatea1642 fixed property1845 1588 H. Oldcastle & J. Mellis Briefe Instr. Accompts sig. Bj This..Inuentorie of all my goods, moueables, and immoueables. 1677 tr. A.-N. Amelot de La Houssaie Hist. Govt. Venice 193 Contracts..relating to the buying of Houses, Lands, or Ships (Ships being accounted immovables in Venice by reason of its scituation). a1832 J. Bentham Princ. Penal Law in Wks. (1843) I. 513 If he has property, it consists either in immoveables, or in moveables. 1884 Law Times Rep. 51 119/1 The property..is, as regards immovables, governed by the law of England. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.n.c1374
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