unrequitableadj.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnrᵻˈkwʌɪtəbl/, U.S.

/ˌənrəˈkwaɪdəb(ə)l/

Forms: see un- prefix¹ and requitable adj.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, requitable adj.

Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + requitable adj.

That cannot be requited.

ΚΠ

1584 W. Warner Pan his Syrinx xxxviii. sig. P^v Vnrequitable are the dueties, wher in we are..indebted to our mothers.

a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1953) I. 238 There are persons which are unrequitable, though they be believed to love.

1683 W. Kennett tr. Erasmus Witt against Wisdom 17 An unrequitable obligation.

1766 Christian's Mag. Jan. 3 In the dispensation of his inestimable and unrequitable benefits; having no other aim in the conferring of them, than our profit.

1822 Republican 24 Nov. 443 A blooming woman, who..threw herself into your bosom with an affectionate submission, and with unrequitable love.

1901 How to feed Army (U.S. Army) 171 The nation acknowledges with gratitude the unrequitable debt which it owes to its brave defenders.

1968 P. Gallagher Life & Wks. G. Sánchez de Badajoz ii. 88 The burning and unrequitable passion by which the young man must have been overcome at the sight of the naked goddess.

2012 J. Strauss Human Remains vi. 170 Melancholia..seemed to translate itself most frequently into an unrequitable longing for the past and an obsession with the dead.

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

单词	unrequitable
释义	unrequitableadj. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnrᵻˈkwʌɪtəbl/, U.S. /ˌənrəˈkwaɪdəb(ə)l/ Forms: see un- prefix¹ and requitable adj. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, requitable adj. Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + requitable adj. That cannot be requited. ΚΠ 1584 W. Warner Pan his Syrinx xxxviii. sig. P^v Vnrequitable are the dueties, wher in we are..indebted to our mothers. a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1953) I. 238 There are persons which are unrequitable, though they be believed to love. 1683 W. Kennett tr. Erasmus Witt against Wisdom 17 An unrequitable obligation. 1766 Christian's Mag. Jan. 3 In the dispensation of his inestimable and unrequitable benefits; having no other aim in the conferring of them, than our profit. 1822 Republican 24 Nov. 443 A blooming woman, who..threw herself into your bosom with an affectionate submission, and with unrequitable love. 1901 How to feed Army (U.S. Army) 171 The nation acknowledges with gratitude the unrequitable debt which it owes to its brave defenders. 1968 P. Gallagher Life & Wks. G. Sánchez de Badajoz ii. 88 The burning and unrequitable passion by which the young man must have been overcome at the sight of the naked goddess. 2012 J. Strauss Human Remains vi. 170 Melancholia..seemed to translate itself most frequently into an unrequitable longing for the past and an obsession with the dead. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1584
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