单词 | inexcusable |
释义 | inexcusableadj. Not excusable; incapable of being excused or justified. a. Of persons. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > unpardonableness > [adjective] irremissible1413 uncleansable?c1475 impardonable1523 unpardonable1525 inexcusable1526 unforgivable1548 unexcusable1550 pardonless1567 inexpiable1570 unreclaimable1574 irremittable1587 unremissible1593 unsatisfiable1593 unexpiable1606 excuseless1611 anapologetic1614 unsalvable1624 pretenceless1641 unpalliable1672 unatonable1689 redemptionless1799 irredeemablea1834 society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > [adjective] > unpardonable or inexpiable irremissible1413 uncleansable?c1475 impardonable1523 unpardonable1525 inexcusable1526 unforgivable1548 unexcusable1550 pardonless1567 inexpiable1570 irremittable1587 unremissible1593 unsatisfiable1593 unexpiable1606 excuseless1611 anapologetic1614 pretenceless1641 unatonable1689 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Rom. ii. 1 Therfore arte thou inexcusable [L. inexcusabilis; Wyclif vnexcusable] o man. 1548 Duke of Somerset Epist. Inhabitauntes Scotl. B j b Nothyng should be left, of our part vnoffered, nothyng of your part vnrefused, whereby you might bee inexcusable. 1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ iii. i. §13 Those Philosophers who questioned the existence of a Deity..were not so inexcusable therein, as our Modern Atheists. 1775 E. Burke Speech Resol. for Concil. Colonies 9 I should be inexcusable in coming after such a person with any detail. b. Of conduct or actions. ΚΠ 1555 R. Eden in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde Pref. sig. cjv Howe muche I saye shall this sounde vnto owre reproche and inexcusable slothfulnesse and negligence. 1645 King Charles I in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. III. 313 The strange and most inexcusable deliverye upp of the Castle and Fort of Bristoll. 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 284. ⁋2 It is inexcusable in Men to come where they have no Business. 1829 E. Bulwer-Lytton Disowned II. xxii. 281 He made no reply to the inexcusable affront he had received. 1871 J. S. Blackie Four Phases Morals i. 131 To condemn an honest thinker to death for simple heterodoxy..was altogether inexcusable. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.1526 |
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