unnumberableadj.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnˈnʌmb(ə)rəbl/, U.S.

/ˌənˈnəmb(ə)rəbəl/

Forms:

α. Middle English vnnoumbreable, 1600s unnumbrable.

β. see un- prefix¹ and numberable adj.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, numbrable adj.; un- prefix¹, numberable adj.

Etymology: Partly (in α. forms) < un- prefix¹ + numbrable adj., and partly (in β. forms) < un- prefix¹ + numberable adj. Compare unnumerable adj.Older Scots forms without the medial -b- , e.g. quot. 1513, could instead show unnumerable adj.; compare discussion at numberable adj.

Incapable of being numbered; innumerable.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > enumeration, reckoning, or calculation > [adjective] > innumerable or unreckonable

untellinga1300

unnumberablea1382

unnumerable?a1425

innumberable1434

intellable1537

numberless1573

uncountable1582

innumeral1585

countless1593

incomputable1606

sumlessa1616

unreckonable1647

accountless?1650

unsummable1667

uncomputable1678

unaccountablea1699

unenumerated1799

unenumerable1895

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1959) Exod. x. 14 A brynnyng wynde arerede up locustes, þe which..seeten in all þe coostis: of Egipcyens vnnoumbreable [L. innumerabiles].

a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle Psalter (Univ. Oxf. 64) (1884) xxxviii. 6 (MED) Make me to bihald how fa my dayes ere here and how vnnoumberabil in heuen.

1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid vi. xi. 53 The flude Lethe..About the quhilk peple vnnomerable..fleis fast.

1633 Ld. Wariston Diary (1911) I. 115 My verrie heart was exceadingly, in unnumbrable tears, poured out befor God.

1664 H. More Let. 6 Feb. in Conway Lett. (1992) iv. 222 For the life of God once implanted in the soul..upon occasionall experiences branches itself out into unnumberable truths.

1756 M. Calderwood Lett. & Jrnls. (1884) iii. 80 The unnumberable wind-milns through Holland.

1774 Child of Nature I. 53 Unnumberable are the unfortunate he has relieved.

1852 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 5) 173 With starry globes unnumberable, suns, Planets and moons.

1955 J. Kerouac Let. 14 July in J. Kerouac & A. Ginsberg Lett. (2010) 309 Is there not an infinite direction of infinite universes outward into the unnumberable atoms of space?

2005 Georgia Rev. 59 127 The daily task God gives to the dead Is to count Its unnumberable crystals.

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

单词	unnumberable
释义	unnumberableadj. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈnʌmb(ə)rəbl/, U.S. /ˌənˈnəmb(ə)rəbəl/ Forms: α. Middle English vnnoumbreable, 1600s unnumbrable. β. see un- prefix¹ and numberable adj. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, numbrable adj.; un- prefix¹, numberable adj. Etymology: Partly (in α. forms) < un- prefix¹ + numbrable adj., and partly (in β. forms) < un- prefix¹ + numberable adj. Compare unnumerable adj.Older Scots forms without the medial -b- , e.g. quot. 1513, could instead show unnumerable adj.; compare discussion at numberable adj. Incapable of being numbered; innumerable. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > enumeration, reckoning, or calculation > [adjective] > innumerable or unreckonable untellinga1300 unnumberablea1382 unnumerable?a1425 innumberable1434 intellable1537 numberless1573 uncountable1582 innumeral1585 countless1593 incomputable1606 sumlessa1616 unreckonable1647 accountless?1650 unsummable1667 uncomputable1678 unaccountablea1699 unenumerated1799 unenumerable1895 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1959) Exod. x. 14 A brynnyng wynde arerede up locustes, þe which..seeten in all þe coostis: of Egipcyens vnnoumbreable [L. innumerabiles]. a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle Psalter (Univ. Oxf. 64) (1884) xxxviii. 6 (MED) Make me to bihald how fa my dayes ere here and how vnnoumberabil in heuen. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid vi. xi. 53 The flude Lethe..About the quhilk peple vnnomerable..fleis fast. 1633 Ld. Wariston Diary (1911) I. 115 My verrie heart was exceadingly, in unnumbrable tears, poured out befor God. 1664 H. More Let. 6 Feb. in Conway Lett. (1992) iv. 222 For the life of God once implanted in the soul..upon occasionall experiences branches itself out into unnumberable truths. 1756 M. Calderwood Lett. & Jrnls. (1884) iii. 80 The unnumberable wind-milns through Holland. 1774 Child of Nature I. 53 Unnumberable are the unfortunate he has relieved. 1852 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 5) 173 With starry globes unnumberable, suns, Planets and moons. 1955 J. Kerouac Let. 14 July in J. Kerouac & A. Ginsberg Lett. (2010) 309 Is there not an infinite direction of infinite universes outward into the unnumberable atoms of space? 2005 Georgia Rev. 59 127 The daily task God gives to the dead Is to count Its unnumberable crystals. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.a1382
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