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单词 unmasterable
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unmasterableadj.

Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈmɑːst(ə)rəb(ə)l/, /(ˌ)ʌnˈmast(ə)rəb(ə)l/, U.S. /ˌənˈmæstərəb(ə)l/
Forms: see un- prefix1 and master v. and -able suffix.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix1, master v., -able suffix.
Etymology: < un- prefix1 + master v. + -able suffix. Compare later masterable adj.
Not masterable.
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society > authority > lack of subjection > unruliness > [adjective] > uncontrollable or ungovernable
steerlessc888
rebelc1400
untemperable?1571
effrenated1587
incontrollable1605
unrepressable1607
commandless1609
unmasterable1618
masterless1619
effrenable1621
uncontrollable1648
unrulable1672
ungovernable1673
governless1679
unrepressible1776
incoercible1804
irrepressible1811
bronco1866
intemperable1898
1618 S. Daniel Coll. Hist. Eng. 114 By this violence, thinking to quaile the heart of a most vnmaisterable King.
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iv. ii. 201 The Faetor whereof may discover it self by sweat.., as being unmasterable by the naturall heat of man. View more context for this quotation
1780 T. Sheridan Gen. Dict. Eng. Lang. II Unmasterable, unconquerable; not to be subdued.
1857 D. P. Thompson Gaut Gurley xi. 141 The currents and counter-currents of that subtle but powerful passion flow and clash unseen, often gaining their full height and unmasterable strength before any event shall occur to betray their existence to the public.
a1945 E. R. Eddison Mezentian Gate (1972) xxxix. 263 She fell into an unmasterable great passion of tears.
2000 S. Connor Dumbstruck v. 144 At Laon, by contrast, it was the very purpose of the possessing devil to testify to the unmasterable power of the host.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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