irrestrainableadj.
/ɪrɪˈstreɪnəb(ə)l/ Not restrainable; that cannot be restrained or held in check.
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society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > freedom of action or from restraint > [adjective] > unrestrainable
irrefrenable1546
unrestrainable1609
uncurbablea1616
undetainablea1631
irrestrainable1643
uncogible1646
unligable1655
unconstrainable1659
irrepressible1811
incompressible1823
uncheckable1836
unchainablea1849
1643 W. Prynne Soveraigne Power Parl. i. 91 An absolute, irrevocable, uncontroulable Supremacy over them, superiour to, irrestrainable, irresistable, or unalterable by their owne primitive inherent Nationall Soveraignety.
1854 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 76 373 The intense enthusiasm..became almost irrestrainable.
1886 Greatheart II. 174 ‘Here's Arthur’, cried the children; and irrestrainable Johnny let himself down out of the carriage to meet him.
Derivatives
irreˈstrainably adv. in a way that cannot be restrained.
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society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > freedom of action or from restraint > [adverb] > uncontrollably
unrestrainably1615
uncontrollably1637
incontrollably1646
irrestrainably1685
1685 R. L'Estrange Observator Defended 8 Which facultie he vindicates to himself irrestrainably.
1874 J. Ruskin Fors Clavigera IV. xxxviii. 26 Liars and traitors..soak their way down, irrestrainably, to the gutter grating.
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