单词 | uncleansable |
释义 | uncleansableadj. Of a crime, a sense of shame, etc.: that cannot be cleansed or purged. Also in literal sense: impossible to clean. 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 ?c1475 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 15562) f. 25 Vn Clenseabyll, inexpiablilis, inpurgabilis. 1651 W. Greenhill Expos. 14th–19th Chapters Ezekiel xvi. 234 Intimating her heart was so fowle, that it was uncleanseable, it was cor putridum. a1854 J. Wilson Poet. Wks. (1858) 529 He was a man of guilt and many crimes Uncleansed, uncleansable. 1901 Sanitary Rec. 10 Oct. 315/2 The unsightly, indecent, uncleansable privies are done away with. 2008 B. Gendron Gentlemen 6 Fraught with the psychological warfare, bedroom drama, Catholic guilt,..and uncleansable shame that coincide with relationships gone seriously wrong. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.?c1475 |
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