unportableadj.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnˈpɔːtəbl/, U.S.

/ˌənˈpɔrdəb(ə)l/

Forms: Middle English–1600s vnportable, Middle English– unportable.

Origin: Probably of multiple origins. Partly formed within English, by derivation. Probably partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin importabilis , inportabilis ; un- prefix¹, portable adj.

Etymology: Originally (in quot. c1384) probably < post-classical Latin importabilis (also inportabilis) importable adj.¹, with alteration by prefix substitution (compare un- prefix¹); compare later portable adj. In later use < un- prefix¹ + portable adj.

1. Too heavy or bulky to be (easily) carried.In quots. c1384 and 1557 as part of an extended metaphor with elements of sense 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > transference > [adjective] > relating to conveying or transporting > carrying > able to be carried > not

unportablec1384

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Matt. xxiii. 4 Sothely thei bynden to greuouse chargis, and vnportable [L. inportabilia], or that mown nat be born, and putten in to shuldres of men; but with her fyngir thei wolen nat moue hem.

1557 R. Edgeworth Serm. very Fruitfull f. lxxxxvii^v That they doe not binde suche heauye and vnportable burdens vpon their subiects backes, as they wil not set one finger to, to helpe men to beare.

a1618 W. Raleigh Disc. Invention Shipping 9 in Judicious & Select Ess. (1650) Had their Cables of Iron chains held any great length, they had been unportable.

a1679 M. Poole Annot. Holy Bible (1683) I. (1 Kings vii.) sig. Dddd4/2 [The stones were] not square, which would have been both unnecessary, and unportable, and unmanageable.

1728 E. Smith Compl. Housewife (ed. 2) Pref. [It] would fill an unportable volume.

1782 W. F. Martyn Geogr. Mag. 2 78 Which pieces are so large and unportable, that..a cart or wheel-barrow is necessary.

1836 G. Head Home Tour Manufacturing Districts Eng. 221 Among these were some nautili of an unusual size..[and] an elephant's fossil tusk of equal dimensions... However, both being unportable, I left them behind.

1943 Musical Times 84 298/1 His instrument [sc. a piano] is large and unportable.

2009 Observer (Nexis) 28 June 10 Most of us think about online banking as via a rather unportable desktop computer.

†2. That cannot be endured or tolerated; unbearable. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > cause of mental pain or suffering > quality of being unendurable or intolerable > [adjective]

untholelyc1225

untholinga1300

unsufferablea1325

untolerablea1382

importable1402

untholefula1425

unbearablec1449

unportablea1500

impassible1508

intolerablea1513

insupportable1530

insufferable1533

incomportable1574

impatient1590

intollerous1594

unsuffered1598

supportless1602

unsupportable1602

indurable1607

impatible1623

unbrookable1633

unsustainable1662

unendurable1801

impassive1828

punishing1833

thick1884

a1500 (a1471) G. Ashby Active Policy Prince l. 172 in Poems (1899) 18 (MED) Ther hath be in late daies..To myche folk unportable punicion.

1526 W. Bonde Rosary sig. B All the great and vnportable paynes, whiche it was thy blessed wyll to suffre.

1540 in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1846) 3rd Ser. III. 273 That I may be delyvered from the cure, and to me the unportable burden in governance of this House.

1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. viii. 491/2 These important and vnportable matters did no whit moue him.

†3. Extremely large. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [adjective] > huge

unmeeteOE

unmeetlyOE

hugea1275

hideousc1330

infinitec1385

unmeasureda1398

unmeasurablec1405

hugyc1420

immeasurable1440

ingentc1450

unmeetlyc1450

giant1480

immense1490

monstrous?a1513

unmeasurely1513

hugeousa1529

unportable1537

enormous1544

enormc1560

giantly1561

immensible1579

rouncival1582

dismeasured1584

vast1585

immeasured1590

gargantuan1596

omnipotent1596

colossian1601

immane1601

prodigious1601

Polyphemian1602

Titanian1603

titanical1603

gigantical1604

immensive1604

gigantine1605

colossic1607

gigantean1611

Gogmagotical1612

gigantal?1614

Babylonian1617

leviathan1625

titanic1628

elephantine1631

gigantive1638

colossean1644

decumanal1652

immensurate1654

gigant1658

decuman1659

colossal1664

abnormous1710

Brobdingnagian1728

Brobdingnag1731

Pantagruelian1737

heroic1785

Patagonian1786

seven-league1787

Titan1793

gigantic1797

seven-leagued1799

mammoth1801

dimensionless1813

tremendous1813

gigantesque1821

monster1837

titanesque1838

monstre1840

giantlike1847

leviathanic1848

pythonic1851

Babylonic1853

supercolossal1871

giantesque1909

behemothian1910

supergiant1919

ginormous1942

big-ass1945

Ozymandian1961

fuck-off1962

mega1968

humongous1970

monstro1970

big-assed1972

big-arsed1996

1537 Act 28 Hen. VIII c. 26 in Statutes at Large Ireland (1786) I. 172 Whose Majestie..hath with the expence of an unportable summe of his owne treasure, defended us.

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

单词	unportable
释义	unportableadj. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈpɔːtəbl/, U.S. /ˌənˈpɔrdəb(ə)l/ Forms: Middle English–1600s vnportable, Middle English– unportable. Origin: Probably of multiple origins. Partly formed within English, by derivation. Probably partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin importabilis , inportabilis ; un- prefix¹, portable adj. Etymology: Originally (in quot. c1384) probably < post-classical Latin importabilis (also inportabilis) importable adj.¹, with alteration by prefix substitution (compare un- prefix¹); compare later portable adj. In later use < un- prefix¹ + portable adj. 1. Too heavy or bulky to be (easily) carried.In quots. c1384 and 1557 as part of an extended metaphor with elements of sense 2. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > transference > [adjective] > relating to conveying or transporting > carrying > able to be carried > not unportablec1384 c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Matt. xxiii. 4 Sothely thei bynden to greuouse chargis, and vnportable [L. inportabilia], or that mown nat be born, and putten in to shuldres of men; but with her fyngir thei wolen nat moue hem. 1557 R. Edgeworth Serm. very Fruitfull f. lxxxxvii^v That they doe not binde suche heauye and vnportable burdens vpon their subiects backes, as they wil not set one finger to, to helpe men to beare. a1618 W. Raleigh Disc. Invention Shipping 9 in Judicious & Select Ess. (1650) Had their Cables of Iron chains held any great length, they had been unportable. a1679 M. Poole Annot. Holy Bible (1683) I. (1 Kings vii.) sig. Dddd4/2 [The stones were] not square, which would have been both unnecessary, and unportable, and unmanageable. 1728 E. Smith Compl. Housewife (ed. 2) Pref. [It] would fill an unportable volume. 1782 W. F. Martyn Geogr. Mag. 2 78 Which pieces are so large and unportable, that..a cart or wheel-barrow is necessary. 1836 G. Head Home Tour Manufacturing Districts Eng. 221 Among these were some nautili of an unusual size..[and] an elephant's fossil tusk of equal dimensions... However, both being unportable, I left them behind. 1943 Musical Times 84 298/1 His instrument [sc. a piano] is large and unportable. 2009 Observer (Nexis) 28 June 10 Most of us think about online banking as via a rather unportable desktop computer. †2. That cannot be endured or tolerated; unbearable. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > cause of mental pain or suffering > quality of being unendurable or intolerable > [adjective] untholelyc1225 untholinga1300 unsufferablea1325 untolerablea1382 importable1402 untholefula1425 unbearablec1449 unportablea1500 impassible1508 intolerablea1513 insupportable1530 insufferable1533 incomportable1574 impatient1590 intollerous1594 unsuffered1598 supportless1602 unsupportable1602 indurable1607 impatible1623 unbrookable1633 unsustainable1662 unendurable1801 impassive1828 punishing1833 thick1884 a1500 (a1471) G. Ashby Active Policy Prince l. 172 in Poems (1899) 18 (MED) Ther hath be in late daies..To myche folk unportable punicion. 1526 W. Bonde Rosary sig. B All the great and vnportable paynes, whiche it was thy blessed wyll to suffre. 1540 in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1846) 3rd Ser. III. 273 That I may be delyvered from the cure, and to me the unportable burden in governance of this House. 1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. viii. 491/2 These important and vnportable matters did no whit moue him. †3. Extremely large. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [adjective] > huge unmeeteOE unmeetlyOE hugea1275 hideousc1330 infinitec1385 unmeasureda1398 unmeasurablec1405 hugyc1420 immeasurable1440 ingentc1450 unmeetlyc1450 giant1480 immense1490 monstrous?a1513 unmeasurely1513 hugeousa1529 unportable1537 enormous1544 enormc1560 giantly1561 immensible1579 rouncival1582 dismeasured1584 vast1585 immeasured1590 gargantuan1596 omnipotent1596 colossian1601 immane1601 prodigious1601 Polyphemian1602 Titanian1603 titanical1603 gigantical1604 immensive1604 gigantine1605 colossic1607 gigantean1611 Gogmagotical1612 gigantal?1614 Babylonian1617 leviathan1625 titanic1628 elephantine1631 gigantive1638 colossean1644 decumanal1652 immensurate1654 gigant1658 decuman1659 colossal1664 abnormous1710 Brobdingnagian1728 Brobdingnag1731 Pantagruelian1737 heroic1785 Patagonian1786 seven-league1787 Titan1793 gigantic1797 seven-leagued1799 mammoth1801 dimensionless1813 tremendous1813 gigantesque1821 monster1837 titanesque1838 monstre1840 giantlike1847 leviathanic1848 pythonic1851 Babylonic1853 supercolossal1871 giantesque1909 behemothian1910 supergiant1919 ginormous1942 big-ass1945 Ozymandian1961 fuck-off1962 mega1968 humongous1970 monstro1970 big-assed1972 big-arsed1996 1537 Act 28 Hen. VIII c. 26 in Statutes at Large Ireland (1786) I. 172 Whose Majestie..hath with the expence of an unportable summe of his owne treasure, defended us. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.c1384
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