单词 | unrehearsable |
释义 | unrehearsableadj. That cannot be rehearsed (in various senses of the verb). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > very great > and indescribable untalelyc1225 unspeaking1340 unsayingc1350 untellablea1382 unspeakablea1400 ineffablec1450 unrehearsable1513 unutterablea1586 unrelatable1621 inexpressiblea1631 inexpressive1652 undescribable1728 indescribable1785 untelling1823 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid xi. vi. 72 Of ws hail the remanis Bene punyst sore with onrehersabill panis. 1600 R. Kittowe Loues Load-starre sig. I2v O the admirable and vnrehearseable power of good wil! 1622 in R. Pitcairn Criminal Trials Scotl. (1833) III. 519 That pairt of the lybell inferrit be the persewaris repeiting thais odious and vnrehairsable speiches. 1662 K. Evans & S. Chevers Short Relation Cruel Sufferings 32 Their ways be so many and so monstrous, that they are unrehearsible. 1830 M. T. Sadler Law of Population II. iii. xvii. 266 Inflicting perpetual and involuntary celibacy on any portion of the community, accompanied by all the unrehearsible consequences to which such a sentence would doom the majority of its victims. 1892 J. C. Byrne Gossip of Cent. I. i. 57 It seemed startlingly to reveal all the difficulties..of the young Queen's new and unrehearsable position. 1944 Billboard 18 Nov. 12/4 Director Frances Buss did as well as anyone can in a practically unrehearsable show. 1993 Dance Connection Summer 23/1 The work is performed outside only once, which makes each dance almost unrehearsable and definitely unrepeatable. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1513 |
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