单词 | unrepellable |
释义 | unrepellableadj. Now rare. That cannot be repelled. ΚΠ 1602 A. Munday tr. 3rd Pt. Palmerin of Eng. lii. f. 161v Palmerin, who by reason of the peoples vnrepellable croude, could neuer get footing vpon the Bridge. 1665 J. Gadbury London's Deliv. Predicted i. 3 Which.., by an (almost) uncontrolable and unrepellable siccity, dries up and destroys the Natural Powers. 1782 W. Stevenson Candid Animadversions 130 To carry on a profession in the common way, after being convinced that the common way was wrong, struck me with a degree of force, connected with shame, which was unrepellable. 1840 Standard 9 Jan. His unrepellable zeal in making political acquaintanceships. 1903 Homestead (Des Moines, Iowa) 5 Mar. 2 (446)/3 He will sustain no unrepellable attacks on his general welfare. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1602 |
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