unpersuadableadj.n.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnpəˈsweɪdəbl/, U.S.

/ˌənpərˈsweɪdəb(ə)l/

Forms: see un- prefix¹ and persuadable adj.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, persuade v., -able suffix; un- prefix¹, persuadable adj.

Etymology: Originally < un- prefix¹ + persuade v. + -able suffix. In later use also partly < un- prefix¹ + persuadable adj.

A. adj.

†1. Not removable by persuasion. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > motivation > persuasion > [adjective] > persuaded > able to be > not

unpersuadablea1586

unpersuasible1605

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) i. xv. sig. K2 Who (finding his sisters vnperswadeable melancholy..) had for a time left her court.

2. Not open to persuasion; of fixed opinion, obstinate, unswayable. Also in early use spec.: unsusceptible or resistant to divine influence or Christian beliefs.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [adjective] > inflexible

ironOE

stour1303

strange1338

unmovablea1382

inflexible1398

stoutc1410

unpliablea1425

intreatable1509

stiff1526

stiff-necked1526

unpliant1547

stout-hearted1552

inexorable1553

obstinate1559

strait-laced1560

impersuasible1576

unflexiblea1586

hard-edged1589

adamantive1594

unyielding1594

adder-deaf1597

steeled1600

irrefragable1601

rigid1606

unpersuadable1607

imployable1613

unswayablea1616

uncompellable1623

inflexive?1624

over-rigid1632

unlimbera1639

seta1640

incomplying1640

uncomplying1643

stiff-girt1659

impersuadable1680

unbendinga1688

impracticable1713

unblendable1716

stiff-rumped1728

unconvinciblea1747

uncompounding1782

unplastic1787

unbending1796

adamant1816

uneasy1819

uncompromising1828

cast iron1829

hard-hitting1831

rigoristic1844

ramrod1850

pincé1858

anchylosed1860

unbendable1884

tape-bound1900

tape-tied1900

hard line1903

tough1905

absolutist1907

hard-arsed1942

go-for-broke1946

hardcore1951

hard-arse1966

hard-ass1967

hardball1974

1607 H. Ainsworth Communion of Saincts iii. 59 He stretcheth forth his hand to an vnperswadeable and gainsaying people.

1647 J. Trapp Comm. Epist. & Rev. (Coloss. iii. 6) Unperswadable, uncounsellable persons, that regard not good courses.

1668 J. Howe Blessednesse of Righteous xii. 219 They..are utterly unperswadable towards God.

1747 S. Richardson Clarissa I. viii. 48 A mind, till now, not thought either unpersuadable or ungenerous!

1817 T. L. Peacock Melincourt II. xxi. 109 After a certain period of life..men in general become perfectly unpersuadable to all practical purposes.

1865 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia V. xviii. vii. 149 Deploring that sad mistake; but unpersuadable to stand, and try amendment of it.

1915 Living Age 18 Sept. 727/1 Rose knew how unpersuadable the girl could be.

1991 New Yorker 25 Nov. 50/2 He's a dear but absolutely unpersuadable on the subject of travel.

B. n.

With the. Unpersuadable people considered collectively or as a type.

ΚΠ

1677 F. Bampfield Seventh-day-sabbath 146 With promises to the believing and obedient, and with threatnings against the unperswadeable and transgressing.

1685 R. Baxter Paraphr. New Test. Matt. iii. 12 He will burn the unbelievers and unperswadable as chaff.

1798 R. P. Finch Christian Sabbath Vindic. 19 The perdition of the unpersuadable.

1830 J. Whitley Scheme & Completion Prophecy ii. 60 To silence or to confound the incredulous and the unpersuadable.

1880 Spectator 17 July 900/2 A Parliament which wastes all its time in failing to persuade the unpersuadable, had better not exist at all.

1910 School Jrnl. Oct. 45/1 It is of no use to argue with the unpersuadable.

2008 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 3 Apr. 21/2 But none of this is likely to matter to the ‘Christian people’ against whom Wills is writing—which gives his book the odd feel of being partly an attempt at persuasion and partly a polemic against the unpersuadable.

Derivatives

unperˈsuadableness n. the state of being unpersuadable; fixedness of opinion, obstinacy.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [noun] > inflexibility

unbowingnessa1300

impersuasibility?1549

unpliableness1595

unyieldingness1613

unpersuadableness1615

inflexiblenessa1617

rigidity1620

rigidness1620

unpersuasibleness1649

incompliancy1658

impersuasibleness1659

unpersuasiona1684

impersuadableness1715

inflexibility1742

unadvisableness1771

unadaptability1829

unpliancy1831

unyielding1847

uncompromisedness1851

anchylosis1852

uncompromisingness1865

1615 N. Byfield Expos. Epist. Colossians iii. 6 They will not be persuaded by the..servants of God; and so they are children of unpersuadableness [Gk. τοὺς υἱοὺς τῆς ἀπειθείας].

1685 R. Baxter Paraphr. New Test. Acts xxi. 14 We saw by his resolution and unperswadableness that it was God's will.

1747 S. Richardson Clarissa II. xi. 57 Resentment and unpersuadableness are not natural to you.

1836 E. E. Smith Three Eras Woman's Life I. iii. 48 I have heard poor Lady Darley regret the unpersuadableness of her niece.

1904 S. O. Jewett in McClure's Mag. May 18/2 Her own attack of solid reluctance and unpersuadableness in the face of any new proposition.

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

单词	unpersuadable
释义	unpersuadableadj.n. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnpəˈsweɪdəbl/, U.S. /ˌənpərˈsweɪdəb(ə)l/ Forms: see un- prefix¹ and persuadable adj. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, persuade v., -able suffix; un- prefix¹, persuadable adj. Etymology: Originally < un- prefix¹ + persuade v. + -able suffix. In later use also partly < un- prefix¹ + persuadable adj. A. adj. †1. Not removable by persuasion. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > persuasion > [adjective] > persuaded > able to be > not unpersuadablea1586 unpersuasible1605 a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) i. xv. sig. K2 Who (finding his sisters vnperswadeable melancholy..) had for a time left her court. 2. Not open to persuasion; of fixed opinion, obstinate, unswayable. Also in early use spec.: unsusceptible or resistant to divine influence or Christian beliefs. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [adjective] > inflexible ironOE stour1303 strange1338 unmovablea1382 inflexible1398 stoutc1410 unpliablea1425 intreatable1509 stiff1526 stiff-necked1526 unpliant1547 stout-hearted1552 inexorable1553 obstinate1559 strait-laced1560 impersuasible1576 unflexiblea1586 hard-edged1589 adamantive1594 unyielding1594 adder-deaf1597 steeled1600 irrefragable1601 rigid1606 unpersuadable1607 imployable1613 unswayablea1616 uncompellable1623 inflexive?1624 over-rigid1632 unlimbera1639 seta1640 incomplying1640 uncomplying1643 stiff-girt1659 impersuadable1680 unbendinga1688 impracticable1713 unblendable1716 stiff-rumped1728 unconvinciblea1747 uncompounding1782 unplastic1787 unbending1796 adamant1816 uneasy1819 uncompromising1828 cast iron1829 hard-hitting1831 rigoristic1844 ramrod1850 pincé1858 anchylosed1860 unbendable1884 tape-bound1900 tape-tied1900 hard line1903 tough1905 absolutist1907 hard-arsed1942 go-for-broke1946 hardcore1951 hard-arse1966 hard-ass1967 hardball1974 1607 H. Ainsworth Communion of Saincts iii. 59 He stretcheth forth his hand to an vnperswadeable and gainsaying people. 1647 J. Trapp Comm. Epist. & Rev. (Coloss. iii. 6) Unperswadable, uncounsellable persons, that regard not good courses. 1668 J. Howe Blessednesse of Righteous xii. 219 They..are utterly unperswadable towards God. 1747 S. Richardson Clarissa I. viii. 48 A mind, till now, not thought either unpersuadable or ungenerous! 1817 T. L. Peacock Melincourt II. xxi. 109 After a certain period of life..men in general become perfectly unpersuadable to all practical purposes. 1865 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia V. xviii. vii. 149 Deploring that sad mistake; but unpersuadable to stand, and try amendment of it. 1915 Living Age 18 Sept. 727/1 Rose knew how unpersuadable the girl could be. 1991 New Yorker 25 Nov. 50/2 He's a dear but absolutely unpersuadable on the subject of travel. B. n. With the. Unpersuadable people considered collectively or as a type. ΚΠ 1677 F. Bampfield Seventh-day-sabbath 146 With promises to the believing and obedient, and with threatnings against the unperswadeable and transgressing. 1685 R. Baxter Paraphr. New Test. Matt. iii. 12 He will burn the unbelievers and unperswadable as chaff. 1798 R. P. Finch Christian Sabbath Vindic. 19 The perdition of the unpersuadable. 1830 J. Whitley Scheme & Completion Prophecy ii. 60 To silence or to confound the incredulous and the unpersuadable. 1880 Spectator 17 July 900/2 A Parliament which wastes all its time in failing to persuade the unpersuadable, had better not exist at all. 1910 School Jrnl. Oct. 45/1 It is of no use to argue with the unpersuadable. 2008 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 3 Apr. 21/2 But none of this is likely to matter to the ‘Christian people’ against whom Wills is writing—which gives his book the odd feel of being partly an attempt at persuasion and partly a polemic against the unpersuadable. Derivatives unperˈsuadableness n. the state of being unpersuadable; fixedness of opinion, obstinacy. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [noun] > inflexibility unbowingnessa1300 impersuasibility?1549 unpliableness1595 unyieldingness1613 unpersuadableness1615 inflexiblenessa1617 rigidity1620 rigidness1620 unpersuasibleness1649 incompliancy1658 impersuasibleness1659 unpersuasiona1684 impersuadableness1715 inflexibility1742 unadvisableness1771 unadaptability1829 unpliancy1831 unyielding1847 uncompromisedness1851 anchylosis1852 uncompromisingness1865 1615 N. Byfield Expos. Epist. Colossians iii. 6 They will not be persuaded by the..servants of God; and so they are children of unpersuadableness [Gk. τοὺς υἱοὺς τῆς ἀπειθείας]. 1685 R. Baxter Paraphr. New Test. Acts xxi. 14 We saw by his resolution and unperswadableness that it was God's will. 1747 S. Richardson Clarissa II. xi. 57 Resentment and unpersuadableness are not natural to you. 1836 E. E. Smith Three Eras Woman's Life I. iii. 48 I have heard poor Lady Darley regret the unpersuadableness of her niece. 1904 S. O. Jewett in McClure's Mag. May 18/2 Her own attack of solid reluctance and unpersuadableness in the face of any new proposition. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.n.a1586
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