unquenchableadj.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnˈkwɛn(t)ʃəbl/,

/(ˌ)ʌŋˈkwɛn(t)ʃəbl/, U.S.

/ˌənˈkwɛn(t)ʃəb(ə)l/

Forms: see un- prefix¹ and quench v. and -able suffix; also Middle English–1600s vnquencheable, 1500s–1600s unquencheable; also Scottish pre-1700 wnquhencheabill.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: un- prefix¹, quench v., -able suffix.

Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + quench v. + -able suffix, originally after post-classical Latin inextinguibilis inextinguible adj. Compare later quenchable adj.

1. Of fire, light, etc.: inextinguishable. Frequently figurative and in figurative contexts.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [adjective] > not destroyed > indestructible

unquenchablea1382

inextinguible1412

undestroyablea1420

surec1475

inextinguishable1509

undelible1534

unperishable1538

irrefragable1562

inconsumptible1579

inquenchable1583

undefaceable1587

irrefringible1596

insuppressible1610

irrazable1622

unextinguishable1656

imperdible1660

indissolvable1660

indestructible1674

unannihilable1678

undestructible1807

undemolishable1837

unobliteratable1872

uneliminable1876

the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > fire or flame > [adjective] > unquenchable or unquenched

unquenchedc1175

unquenchablea1382

unslockened1434

unsleakablec1475

quenchless1557

unextinguished1697

inextinguished1746

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Wisd. vii. 10 Vnquenchable [L. inextinguibile] is the lyȝt of it [sc. wisdom].

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Matt. iii. 12 Chaffis he shal brenne with fyr unquenchable [L. inextinguibili].

1479 Earl Rivers tr. Cordyal (Caxton) iii. iii Helle where shalbe an vnsuffrable colde, an vnquencheable hete.

a1500 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi (Trin. Dublin) (1893) 147 Þei þat..brennen in an unquenchable fire of charite.

1565 J. Calfhill Aunswere Treat. Crosse Pref. f. 2 To burne in hell wyth flames vnquenchable.

1627 G. Hakewill Apologie iv. xiv. 462 That [fire] burneth eternally without feeding, and is vnquenchable.

1652 H. Vaughan Mount of Olives 73 Those furious and unquenchable burnings of hell (which the Scripture calls the lake of fire, &c.).

a1771 T. Gray Agrippina in Poems (1775) 132 The spark Unquenchable, that glows within their breasts.

1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. xvii. 107 Fierce as Vulcan's fire Unquenchable.

1811 C. Lamb Genius & Char. Hogarth in Wks. (1908) I. 106 Her unquenchable spark is not utterly out.

1870 W. C. Bryant tr. Homer Iliad II. xvi. 119 The eager enemy hurled the blazing brands.., and wrapped the stern in flames Unquenchable.

1903 19th Cent. Apr. 647 In the blaze of an Infinite Universe, scintillating in its every atom with unquenchable light.

1937 Times 21 June 15/3 The secret and unquenchable fire of ambition which burned in [J.M.] Barrie had no outlet except in his work.

2000 Huntington Libr. Q. 63 287 Perpetual damnation and a death infinitely prolonged in the unquenchable flames of hell.

2. That cannot be overcome, subdued, appeased, or dispelled.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > lasting quality, permanence > [adjective] > unquenchable, unabating

unquenchablea1500

unslockenablec1520

quenchless1557

unsuppressed1626

unsurmountable1725

unabatinga1774

unabatable1778

survivable1879

bateless1886

a1500 Craft of Dying (Rawl.) in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1896) II. 419 (MED) In to the handis of þin endelesse & vnquenchable mercy, holy fader..we commaunde the spirit of oure broder.

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Disc. Def. Earl of Leicester in Wks. (1923) III. 65 An evident proof of an unquencheable malice.

1648 Mercurius Pacificus 7 What did at first foment and fuellize these our weakly grounded Wars, but vehement and strong suspitions, and unquenchable, yea unconquerable jealousies betwixt King and Parliament?

1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 1422 The people on thir Holy-days Impetuous, insolent, unquenchable .

1850 W. Wordsworth Prelude i. 10 Firm devotion, zeal unquenchable.

1880 Fraser's Mag. May 651 The unquenchable élan of boyhood.

1883 Harper's Mag. Apr. 696/2 There is just the same unquenchable interest here.

1906 ‘O. Henry’ Four Million 100 An unquenchable belief in the Unerring Artistic Adjustment of Nature.

1954 J. R. R. Tolkien Two Towers iii. xi. 194 Gandalf laughed. ‘A most unquenchable hobbit!’

2006 Eventing Feb. 28/2 A power-pack jumper with an unquenchable zest for life, Harley has already earned himself a legion of devoted fans.

3. Of thirst, hunger, greed, etc.: that cannot be assuaged or satisfied. Frequently figurative and in figurative contexts.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > uneasy or restless desire > [adjective] > unsatisfied > insatiable

unfillinga1300

unfillablea1340

unsatiable1382

insatiablea1420

insaturablec1425

unstanchable1426

insatiate1509

unsatiate1528

unsaturable1535

unquenchable1538

unsatisfiable1539

quenchless1557

unpleasable1561

inexpleble1569

slakeless1596

abarstic1623

sateless1628

unexpliable1658

voracious1712

omnivorous1791

unslakable1820

appeaseless1837

unsatable1850

'satiable1900

1538 R. Taverner in tr. Erasmus Sarcerius Common Places of Script. Ep. Ded. sig. A.ii^v So vnquencheable is this thurst, this desyre of glory.

1567 J. Jewel Def. Apol. Churche Eng. vi. 735 The Pope..beinge diseased..with an vnquencheable thirst of monie.

1577 R. Holinshed Hist. Scotl. 62/2 in Chron. I Hee was giuen to suche vnquenchable couetyse, that nothing mighte suffice hym.

a1620 M. Fotherby Atheomastix (1622) ii. ii. §5. 204 Thus vnquenchable is the thirst of ambition.

1685 L. Atterbury tr. F.-L. de La Vallière Penitent Lady (ed. 2) iv. 15 When I retire my self from the hurry of this world, wherein an unquencheable appetite torments the most happy persons.

1765 S. Johnson Plays of Shakespeare I. Pref. sig. [C] He [sc. Shakespeare]..has perhaps excelled all but Homer in securing the first purpose of a writer, by exciting restless and unquenchable curiosity.

1795 R. Southey Vision Maid of Orleans ii. 71 Often impatiently to quench their thirst Unquenchable, large draughts of molten gold They drink insatiate.

a1853 F. W. Robertson Serm. (1857) 3rd Ser. xix. 273 The more unquenchable his hunger for the high and the good, the sooner will he find that out.

1901 W. R. H. Trowbridge Lett. Mother to Elizabeth x. 51 Her thirst for information is apparently unquenchable.

1968 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 23 Nov. 505/1 He..suffered from the prevalent malnutrition, with constant unquenchable thirst and obstinate constipation.

2012 Kalgoorlie (W. Austral.) Miner (Nexis) 6 Aug. 9 West Australians' seemingly unquenchable appetite for French bread and pastries and dairy products.

Derivatives

unˈquenchableness n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > fire or flame > [noun] > state of being unquenchable

unquenchableness1627

1627 H. Burton Baiting Popes Bull 63 Wee pray God, that wee neuer come to feele the fierie vnquenchablenesse of it.

1899 North-Eastern Daily Gaz. (Middlesbrough) 4 Jan. 2/3 With all his pride in the unquenchableness of valour.

2006 Jrnl. Relig. Ethics 34 471 Concupiscence lacks the unquenchableness of Love's desire.

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

单词	unquenchable
释义	unquenchableadj. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈkwɛn(t)ʃəbl/, /(ˌ)ʌŋˈkwɛn(t)ʃəbl/, U.S. /ˌənˈkwɛn(t)ʃəb(ə)l/ Forms: see un- prefix¹ and quench v. and -able suffix; also Middle English–1600s vnquencheable, 1500s–1600s unquencheable; also Scottish pre-1700 wnquhencheabill. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: un- prefix¹, quench v., -able suffix. Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + quench v. + -able suffix, originally after post-classical Latin inextinguibilis inextinguible adj. Compare later quenchable adj. 1. Of fire, light, etc.: inextinguishable. Frequently figurative and in figurative contexts. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [adjective] > not destroyed > indestructible unquenchablea1382 inextinguible1412 undestroyablea1420 surec1475 inextinguishable1509 undelible1534 unperishable1538 irrefragable1562 inconsumptible1579 inquenchable1583 undefaceable1587 irrefringible1596 insuppressible1610 irrazable1622 unextinguishable1656 imperdible1660 indissolvable1660 indestructible1674 unannihilable1678 undestructible1807 undemolishable1837 unobliteratable1872 uneliminable1876 the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > fire or flame > [adjective] > unquenchable or unquenched unquenchedc1175 unquenchablea1382 unslockened1434 unsleakablec1475 quenchless1557 unextinguished1697 inextinguished1746 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Wisd. vii. 10 Vnquenchable [L. inextinguibile] is the lyȝt of it [sc. wisdom]. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Matt. iii. 12 Chaffis he shal brenne with fyr unquenchable [L. inextinguibili]. 1479 Earl Rivers tr. Cordyal (Caxton) iii. iii Helle where shalbe an vnsuffrable colde, an vnquencheable hete. a1500 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi (Trin. Dublin) (1893) 147 Þei þat..brennen in an unquenchable fire of charite. 1565 J. Calfhill Aunswere Treat. Crosse Pref. f. 2 To burne in hell wyth flames vnquenchable. 1627 G. Hakewill Apologie iv. xiv. 462 That [fire] burneth eternally without feeding, and is vnquenchable. 1652 H. Vaughan Mount of Olives 73 Those furious and unquenchable burnings of hell (which the Scripture calls the lake of fire, &c.). a1771 T. Gray Agrippina in Poems (1775) 132 The spark Unquenchable, that glows within their breasts. 1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. xvii. 107 Fierce as Vulcan's fire Unquenchable. 1811 C. Lamb Genius & Char. Hogarth in Wks. (1908) I. 106 Her unquenchable spark is not utterly out. 1870 W. C. Bryant tr. Homer Iliad II. xvi. 119 The eager enemy hurled the blazing brands.., and wrapped the stern in flames Unquenchable. 1903 19th Cent. Apr. 647 In the blaze of an Infinite Universe, scintillating in its every atom with unquenchable light. 1937 Times 21 June 15/3 The secret and unquenchable fire of ambition which burned in [J.M.] Barrie had no outlet except in his work. 2000 Huntington Libr. Q. 63 287 Perpetual damnation and a death infinitely prolonged in the unquenchable flames of hell. 2. That cannot be overcome, subdued, appeased, or dispelled. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > lasting quality, permanence > [adjective] > unquenchable, unabating unquenchablea1500 unslockenablec1520 quenchless1557 unsuppressed1626 unsurmountable1725 unabatinga1774 unabatable1778 survivable1879 bateless1886 a1500 Craft of Dying (Rawl.) in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1896) II. 419 (MED) In to the handis of þin endelesse & vnquenchable mercy, holy fader..we commaunde the spirit of oure broder. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Disc. Def. Earl of Leicester in Wks. (1923) III. 65 An evident proof of an unquencheable malice. 1648 Mercurius Pacificus 7 What did at first foment and fuellize these our weakly grounded Wars, but vehement and strong suspitions, and unquenchable, yea unconquerable jealousies betwixt King and Parliament? 1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 1422 The people on thir Holy-days Impetuous, insolent, unquenchable . View more context for this quotation 1850 W. Wordsworth Prelude i. 10 Firm devotion, zeal unquenchable. 1880 Fraser's Mag. May 651 The unquenchable élan of boyhood. 1883 Harper's Mag. Apr. 696/2 There is just the same unquenchable interest here. 1906 ‘O. Henry’ Four Million 100 An unquenchable belief in the Unerring Artistic Adjustment of Nature. 1954 J. R. R. Tolkien Two Towers iii. xi. 194 Gandalf laughed. ‘A most unquenchable hobbit!’ 2006 Eventing Feb. 28/2 A power-pack jumper with an unquenchable zest for life, Harley has already earned himself a legion of devoted fans. 3. Of thirst, hunger, greed, etc.: that cannot be assuaged or satisfied. Frequently figurative and in figurative contexts. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > uneasy or restless desire > [adjective] > unsatisfied > insatiable unfillinga1300 unfillablea1340 unsatiable1382 insatiablea1420 insaturablec1425 unstanchable1426 insatiate1509 unsatiate1528 unsaturable1535 unquenchable1538 unsatisfiable1539 quenchless1557 unpleasable1561 inexpleble1569 slakeless1596 abarstic1623 sateless1628 unexpliable1658 voracious1712 omnivorous1791 unslakable1820 appeaseless1837 unsatable1850 'satiable1900 1538 R. Taverner in tr. Erasmus Sarcerius Common Places of Script. Ep. Ded. sig. A.ii^v So vnquencheable is this thurst, this desyre of glory. 1567 J. Jewel Def. Apol. Churche Eng. vi. 735 The Pope..beinge diseased..with an vnquencheable thirst of monie. 1577 R. Holinshed Hist. Scotl. 62/2 in Chron. I Hee was giuen to suche vnquenchable couetyse, that nothing mighte suffice hym. a1620 M. Fotherby Atheomastix (1622) ii. ii. §5. 204 Thus vnquenchable is the thirst of ambition. 1685 L. Atterbury tr. F.-L. de La Vallière Penitent Lady (ed. 2) iv. 15 When I retire my self from the hurry of this world, wherein an unquencheable appetite torments the most happy persons. 1765 S. Johnson Plays of Shakespeare I. Pref. sig. [C] He [sc. Shakespeare]..has perhaps excelled all but Homer in securing the first purpose of a writer, by exciting restless and unquenchable curiosity. 1795 R. Southey Vision Maid of Orleans ii. 71 Often impatiently to quench their thirst Unquenchable, large draughts of molten gold They drink insatiate. a1853 F. W. Robertson Serm. (1857) 3rd Ser. xix. 273 The more unquenchable his hunger for the high and the good, the sooner will he find that out. 1901 W. R. H. Trowbridge Lett. Mother to Elizabeth x. 51 Her thirst for information is apparently unquenchable. 1968 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 23 Nov. 505/1 He..suffered from the prevalent malnutrition, with constant unquenchable thirst and obstinate constipation. 2012 Kalgoorlie (W. Austral.) Miner (Nexis) 6 Aug. 9 West Australians' seemingly unquenchable appetite for French bread and pastries and dairy products. Derivatives unˈquenchableness n. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > fire or flame > [noun] > state of being unquenchable unquenchableness1627 1627 H. Burton Baiting Popes Bull 63 Wee pray God, that wee neuer come to feele the fierie vnquenchablenesse of it. 1899 North-Eastern Daily Gaz. (Middlesbrough) 4 Jan. 2/3 With all his pride in the unquenchableness of valour. 2006 Jrnl. Relig. Ethics 34 471 Concupiscence lacks the unquenchableness of Love's desire. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.a1382
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