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单词 uncompassable
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uncompassableadj.

Forms: see un- prefix1, compass v.1, and -able suffix.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix1, compass v.1, -able suffix.
Etymology: < un- prefix1 + compass v.1 + -able suffix. Compare later compassable adj.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈcompassable.
(un- prefix1 1b.)
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the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > infiniteness > [adjective] > that cannot be circumscribed
incomprehensiblea1340
interminablec1374
indeterminable1486
uncompassable?1536
incircumscriptible1550
unlimitable1576
uncircumscriptible1577
immensible1579
illimitable1596
uncircumscribable1608
abyssal1609
unboundable1622
undeterminable1633
indefinible1652
unterminablea1677
exterminable1813
?1536 tr. Erasmus Serm. Chylde Jesus i. sig. A.iiiiv He..abydeth in hymselfe vncompassable & vnmeasurable.
1611 in J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words at Incircondéuole
1644 K. Digby Two Treat. ii. Concl. 456 So extreme must the rauenous inclemency..be of such an vncompassable desire gnawing eternally vpon the soule.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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