单词 | unmasterable |
释义 | unmasterableadj. Not masterable. ΘΚΠ 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). < adj.1618 |
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