irreconcilableadj.n.

/ɪˌrɛkənˈsʌɪləb(ə)l/

/ɪˈrɛkənsʌɪləb(ə)l/

Forms: Also irreconcileable.

Etymology: ir- prefix².

A. adj.

1. Of persons, their feelings, etc.: That cannot be reconciled or brought into friendly relations; implacably hostile. Const. to.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > hatred > fact or condition of being unreconciled > [adjective] > not easily reconciled

unreconcilable?1560

unreconciliable1573

inexpiable1598

irreconcilable1599

irreconciliable1601

unconciliablea1614

incompatible1623

unatonable1683

society > society and the community > dissent > [adjective] > strained (of relations) > irreconcilable (of dissension)

incompatible1623

uncomposable1640

inconciliable1643

irreconcilable1709

1599 E. Sandys Europæ Speculum (1632) 41 He may..have them for ever most firm and irreconcileable adversaries.

1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. ii. xvii. §7. 486 That hee [sc. Absalom] was irreconcilable to his father.

a1652 A. Wilson Hist. Great Brit. (1653) 51 The irreconcileable malice of that Party.

1693 J. Dryden Disc. conc. Satire in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires p. i There are no Factions, tho irreconcilable to one another, that are not united in their Affection to you.

1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 5 A Dispute about a Matter of Love, which..grew to an irreconcileable Hatred.

1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 79. ⁋1 The Quarrel between Sir Harry Willit and his Lady..is irreconcilable.

1801 A. Ranken Hist. France I. i. v. 157 Their minds were irreconcilable to the dominion of France.

1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People viii. §10. 573 In England Cromwell dealt with the Royalists as irreconcilable enemies.

2. Of statements, ideas, etc.: That cannot be brought into harmony or made consistent; incompatible. Const. to, with.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > [adjective] > irreconcilable

unaccordablec1485

unreconcilable?1560

inconciliable1643

irreconcilable1646

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica v. xi. 250 Many conclude an irreconcilable incertainty; some making more, others fewer.

1671 R. Bohun Disc. Wind 4 Their..Aeriall impressions, how different and irreconcileable to Ours?

1709 G. Berkeley Ess. New Theory of Vision §71. 77 Neither wou'd it prove, in the least, Irreconcilable with what we have said.

1761–2 D. Hume Hist. Eng. (1806) V. lxvii. 94 Bedloe's evidence and Prance's were in many circumstances totally irreconcilable.

1798 L. Murray Eng. Gram. (ed. 4) iii. 153 ‘Expected to have found him’, is irreconcilable alike to grammar and to sense.

1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt I. v. 116 Creeds that were painfully wrong, and, indeed, irreconcilable with salvation!

1870 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (ed. 2) I. App. 567 There is nothing irreconcileable in the two statements.

3. Mathematics. Applied to paths between two fixed points in a surface, which paths cannot be made to coincide by gradual approximation without passing outside the surface.Such are, e.g., two paths between opposite points in an anchor ring, which proceed in opposite directions; or two sea-routes between the N. and S. points of an island, which proceed along its E. and W. sides respectively.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > geometry > curve > [adjective] > having certain property

mechanical1694

intercepted1702

rectifiable1706

transcendental1706

tortuous1867

monocyclic1869

bicursal1873

irreconcilable1881

closed1882

anautotomic1901

fractal1975

1881 J. C. Maxwell Treat. Electr. & Magnetism (ed. 2) I. 19 Curves for which this transformation cannot be effected are called Irreconcileable curves.

B. n.

a. A person who refuses to be reconciled; esp. One of a political party who refuses to come to any agreement or make any compromise, or remains implacably opposed to an arrangement.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > [noun] > opponent > implacable

perduell1623

irreconcilable1748

1748 S. Richardson Clarissa III. xxxii. 171 Sleep and I have quarrell'd; and altho' I court it, it will not be friends. I hope its Fellow-irreconcileables at Harlowe-Place, enjoy its balmy comforts.

1878 W. Besant & J. Rice By Celia's Arbour II. i. 3 No Red Irreconcilable ever preached a policy so sanguinary and thorough.

1884 H. Spencer in Pop. Sci. Monthly Apr. 731 From Oxford graduates down to Irish irreconcilables.

b. plural. Principles, ideas, etc. that cannot be harmonized with each other.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > [noun] > condition of being irreconcilable > irreconcilable things

irreconcilables1895

1895 Westm. Gaz. 26 Aug. 3/3 In her endeavour to harmonise two irreconcilables—to be at once conventional and insurgent.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	irreconcilable
释义	irreconcilableadj.n. /ɪˌrɛkənˈsʌɪləb(ə)l//ɪˈrɛkənsʌɪləb(ə)l/ Forms: Also irreconcileable. Etymology: ir- prefix². A. adj. 1. Of persons, their feelings, etc.: That cannot be reconciled or brought into friendly relations; implacably hostile. Const. to. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > hatred > fact or condition of being unreconciled > [adjective] > not easily reconciled unreconcilable?1560 unreconciliable1573 inexpiable1598 irreconcilable1599 irreconciliable1601 unconciliablea1614 incompatible1623 unatonable1683 society > society and the community > dissent > [adjective] > strained (of relations) > irreconcilable (of dissension) incompatible1623 uncomposable1640 inconciliable1643 irreconcilable1709 1599 E. Sandys Europæ Speculum (1632) 41 He may..have them for ever most firm and irreconcileable adversaries. 1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. ii. xvii. §7. 486 That hee [sc. Absalom] was irreconcilable to his father. a1652 A. Wilson Hist. Great Brit. (1653) 51 The irreconcileable malice of that Party. 1693 J. Dryden Disc. conc. Satire in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires p. i There are no Factions, tho irreconcilable to one another, that are not united in their Affection to you. 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 5 A Dispute about a Matter of Love, which..grew to an irreconcileable Hatred. 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 79. ⁋1 The Quarrel between Sir Harry Willit and his Lady..is irreconcilable. 1801 A. Ranken Hist. France I. i. v. 157 Their minds were irreconcilable to the dominion of France. 1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People viii. §10. 573 In England Cromwell dealt with the Royalists as irreconcilable enemies. 2. Of statements, ideas, etc.: That cannot be brought into harmony or made consistent; incompatible. Const. to, with. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > [adjective] > irreconcilable unaccordablec1485 unreconcilable?1560 inconciliable1643 irreconcilable1646 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica v. xi. 250 Many conclude an irreconcilable incertainty; some making more, others fewer. View more context for this quotation 1671 R. Bohun Disc. Wind 4 Their..Aeriall impressions, how different and irreconcileable to Ours? 1709 G. Berkeley Ess. New Theory of Vision §71. 77 Neither wou'd it prove, in the least, Irreconcilable with what we have said. 1761–2 D. Hume Hist. Eng. (1806) V. lxvii. 94 Bedloe's evidence and Prance's were in many circumstances totally irreconcilable. 1798 L. Murray Eng. Gram. (ed. 4) iii. 153 ‘Expected to have found him’, is irreconcilable alike to grammar and to sense. 1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt I. v. 116 Creeds that were painfully wrong, and, indeed, irreconcilable with salvation! 1870 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (ed. 2) I. App. 567 There is nothing irreconcileable in the two statements. 3. Mathematics. Applied to paths between two fixed points in a surface, which paths cannot be made to coincide by gradual approximation without passing outside the surface.Such are, e.g., two paths between opposite points in an anchor ring, which proceed in opposite directions; or two sea-routes between the N. and S. points of an island, which proceed along its E. and W. sides respectively. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > geometry > curve > [adjective] > having certain property mechanical1694 intercepted1702 rectifiable1706 transcendental1706 tortuous1867 monocyclic1869 bicursal1873 irreconcilable1881 closed1882 anautotomic1901 fractal1975 1881 J. C. Maxwell Treat. Electr. & Magnetism (ed. 2) I. 19 Curves for which this transformation cannot be effected are called Irreconcileable curves. B. n. a. A person who refuses to be reconciled; esp. One of a political party who refuses to come to any agreement or make any compromise, or remains implacably opposed to an arrangement. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > [noun] > opponent > implacable perduell1623 irreconcilable1748 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa III. xxxii. 171 Sleep and I have quarrell'd; and altho' I court it, it will not be friends. I hope its Fellow-irreconcileables at Harlowe-Place, enjoy its balmy comforts. 1878 W. Besant & J. Rice By Celia's Arbour II. i. 3 No Red Irreconcilable ever preached a policy so sanguinary and thorough. 1884 H. Spencer in Pop. Sci. Monthly Apr. 731 From Oxford graduates down to Irish irreconcilables. b. plural. Principles, ideas, etc. that cannot be harmonized with each other. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > [noun] > condition of being irreconcilable > irreconcilable things irreconcilables1895 1895 Westm. Gaz. 26 Aug. 3/3 In her endeavour to harmonise two irreconcilables—to be at once conventional and insurgent. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.n.1599
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