undecayableadj.

Forms: see un- prefix¹, decay v., and -able suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, decay v., -able suffix.

Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + decay v. + -able suffix. Compare later decayable adj.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: undeˈcayable.

(un- prefix¹ 1b.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > condition of matter > state of being undecayed > [adjective] > incapable of decay

incorruptiblea1340

imputrible1430

incorrupt?1520

undecayable1534

unappairable1574

corruptless1606

imputrescible1656

undecomposable1807

unspoilable1836

non-perishable1864

undecomposible1866

1534 T. More Treat. Passion in Wks. 1270/2 The infinite perfection of their..vndecayable glory.

1592 A. Day Eng. Secretorie (rev. ed.) i. sig. Y2^v Feruent and assured loue grounded vppon the vndecayable stay and prop of your vertues.

c1610–15 Life St. Cuthburge in C. Horstmann Lives Women Saints (1886) 78 Let vs liue..that..we may receyue in heauen vnmeasurable and vndecayable ioyes.

a1864 N. Hawthorne Septimius Felton (1872) 132 Safe against disease, and undecayable by age.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	undecayable
释义	undecayableadj. Forms: see un- prefix¹, decay v., and -able suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, decay v., -able suffix. Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + decay v. + -able suffix. Compare later decayable adj.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: undeˈcayable. (un- prefix¹ 1b.) ΘΚΠ the world > matter > condition of matter > state of being undecayed > [adjective] > incapable of decay incorruptiblea1340 imputrible1430 incorrupt?1520 undecayable1534 unappairable1574 corruptless1606 imputrescible1656 undecomposable1807 unspoilable1836 non-perishable1864 undecomposible1866 1534 T. More Treat. Passion in Wks. 1270/2 The infinite perfection of their..vndecayable glory. 1592 A. Day Eng. Secretorie (rev. ed.) i. sig. Y2^v Feruent and assured loue grounded vppon the vndecayable stay and prop of your vertues. c1610–15 Life St. Cuthburge in C. Horstmann Lives Women Saints (1886) 78 Let vs liue..that..we may receyue in heauen vnmeasurable and vndecayable ioyes. a1864 N. Hawthorne Septimius Felton (1872) 132 Safe against disease, and undecayable by age. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < adj.1534
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