unputdownableadj.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnpʊtˈdaʊnəbl/, U.S.

/ˌənˌpʊtˈdaʊnəb(ə)l/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, to put down at put v. Phrasal verbs 1, -able suffix.

Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + to put down at put v. Phrasal verbs 1 + -able suffix.

1. That cannot be put down (in various senses of to put down at put v. Phrasal verbs 1).

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1839 Lady Lytton Cheveley I. xvii. 231 ‘Maugh I never eat another dinner if augh don't dine there too!’ chuckled Peter, with un-put-down-able and un-offend-able gallantry.

1842 London Med. Gaz. 17 June 474/2 I have known the surgical staff for years refuse to recognize this irregular. Yet, after all, when he became popular and unputdownable, giving in their isolated adhesions to the conqueror.

1863 Belfast News-let. 14 July The ‘rebels’..continue to be as un-put-downable as ever, and..the probability is greatly in favor of Washington being captured!

1971 Amer. Hist. Rev. 76 1637/1 These are not the observations of a historian who seeks to put down economists (they are un-put-down-able).

1999 N. Corcoran Poets of Mod. Ireland vii. 132 The banal bus-fare coin that you cannot quite manage to reach, encumbered as you are with an unputdownable briefcase.

2. spec. Of a book: very engrossing, so that a reader cannot put it down or stop reading it. Cf. page-turning adj. (b) at page n.² Compounds 2.

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1935 N.Y. Times 9 Jan. 17/7 (advt.) Memory of Love..is short—unusually short, but also unusually ‘un-put-down-able’.

1947 R. Chandler Let. 5 Jan. in R. Chandler Speaking (1966) 66 I found it absolutely..unputdownable.

1982 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 15 May 1466/2 The novel is highly readable and quite unputdownable.

2006 Time Out N.Y. 7 Sept. 12/1 The city's culture tap is turned on full blast, releasing torrents of eye-opening art exhibits, un-put-downable novels and soon-to-be-classic films.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	unputdownable
释义	unputdownableadj. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnpʊtˈdaʊnəbl/, U.S. /ˌənˌpʊtˈdaʊnəb(ə)l/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, to put down at put v. Phrasal verbs 1, -able suffix. Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + to put down at put v. Phrasal verbs 1 + -able suffix. 1. That cannot be put down (in various senses of to put down at put v. Phrasal verbs 1). ΚΠ 1839 Lady Lytton Cheveley I. xvii. 231 ‘Maugh I never eat another dinner if augh don't dine there too!’ chuckled Peter, with un-put-down-able and un-offend-able gallantry. 1842 London Med. Gaz. 17 June 474/2 I have known the surgical staff for years refuse to recognize this irregular. Yet, after all, when he became popular and unputdownable, giving in their isolated adhesions to the conqueror. 1863 Belfast News-let. 14 July The ‘rebels’..continue to be as un-put-downable as ever, and..the probability is greatly in favor of Washington being captured! 1971 Amer. Hist. Rev. 76 1637/1 These are not the observations of a historian who seeks to put down economists (they are un-put-down-able). 1999 N. Corcoran Poets of Mod. Ireland vii. 132 The banal bus-fare coin that you cannot quite manage to reach, encumbered as you are with an unputdownable briefcase. 2. spec. Of a book: very engrossing, so that a reader cannot put it down or stop reading it. Cf. page-turning adj. (b) at page n.² Compounds 2. ΚΠ 1935 N.Y. Times 9 Jan. 17/7 (advt.) Memory of Love..is short—unusually short, but also unusually ‘un-put-down-able’. 1947 R. Chandler Let. 5 Jan. in R. Chandler Speaking (1966) 66 I found it absolutely..unputdownable. 1982 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 15 May 1466/2 The novel is highly readable and quite unputdownable. 2006 Time Out N.Y. 7 Sept. 12/1 The city's culture tap is turned on full blast, releasing torrents of eye-opening art exhibits, un-put-downable novels and soon-to-be-classic films. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1839
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