untameableadj.

Forms: Also untamable.

Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈtam(e)able.

(un- prefix¹ 1b.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > domestic animal > [adjective] > untamed > that cannot be tamed

untameable1567

tameless1597

unreclaimable1609

society > authority > lack of subjection > unruliness > [adjective] > untameable

untameable1567

tameless1597

unreclaimable1609

indomable1623

indomitable1634

indomptable1653

infractible1657

society > authority > lack of subjection > unruliness > [adjective] > uncontrollable or ungovernable > specifically of the heart, tongue, or feelings

unrulya1450

unwieldy1513

unrefrainable?1520

untameable1567

unrulable1672

(a)

1576 A. Fleming tr. J. Caius Of Eng. Dogges 25 Be the bull neuer so monsterous..neuer so vntameable.

1577 E. Hellowes tr. A. de Guevara Chron. 58 The Parthians were a people so vntameable to be subdued, that [etc.].

1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 112 The Indian little Pig-Cony..is..more tractable in hand; howbeit vntamable.

1690 J. Dryden Don Sebastian i. i. 13 Still untameable! In what a ruine has thy head-strong Pride..plung'd thy People.

1764 T. Harmer Observ. Passages Script. viii. §11. 326 The Arabs have been always looked upon as an untameable people.

1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth III. 343 This animal..[is] more savage and untameable than any other quadrupede.

1818 H. H. Milman Samor vii. 172 I know thee now, majestic Rebel! thee The untraceable, untameable!

1833 J. Rennie Alphabet Sci. Angling 25 The pike is held to be a more wild, untameable fish than the carp.

1870 N. F. Hele Aldeburgh vii. 77 They [sc. short-horned owls] are very untameable.

1890 Spectator 11 Jan. Cruel and untameable though they [sc. the Masai] seem.

figurative.1836 F. Mahony Reliques Father Prout II. 274 A genuine poet..enjoys the mental chase in proportion to the wild and untameable nature of the game.(b)1567 R. Mulcaster tr. J. Fortescue Learned Commendation Lawes Eng. f. 92 The lustes of the fleash are wanton, and almoste vntamable.1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (ix. 21) He subdeweth their untamable wilfulnesse by force.a1677 I. Barrow Serm. Several Occasions (1678) 92 His own unsatiable desires,..and untameable passions will disquiet him.1743 E. Young Complaint: Night the Fifth 20 A Pomp untameable of Weed prevails.a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. iii. 190 This vigour and untameable violence of the sensitive faculties.1818 P. B. Shelley Let. 20 Apr. (1964) II. 7 The untameable profusion & loveliness of nature.1860 N. Hawthorne Marble Faun I. xviii. 184 It was a delight to behold this untamable water.

Derivatives

unˈtamably adv. (also unˈtameably)

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > lack of subjection > unruliness > [adverb] > untameably

untamably1808

1808 Trans. Linn. Soc. 9 177 In a state of confinement, they appear to be untameably savage.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	untameable
释义	untameableadj. Forms: Also untamable. Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈtam(e)able. (un- prefix¹ 1b.) ΘΚΠ the world > animals > domestic animal > [adjective] > untamed > that cannot be tamed untameable1567 tameless1597 unreclaimable1609 society > authority > lack of subjection > unruliness > [adjective] > untameable untameable1567 tameless1597 unreclaimable1609 indomable1623 indomitable1634 indomptable1653 infractible1657 society > authority > lack of subjection > unruliness > [adjective] > uncontrollable or ungovernable > specifically of the heart, tongue, or feelings unrulya1450 unwieldy1513 unrefrainable?1520 untameable1567 unrulable1672 (a) 1576 A. Fleming tr. J. Caius Of Eng. Dogges 25 Be the bull neuer so monsterous..neuer so vntameable. 1577 E. Hellowes tr. A. de Guevara Chron. 58 The Parthians were a people so vntameable to be subdued, that [etc.]. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 112 The Indian little Pig-Cony..is..more tractable in hand; howbeit vntamable. 1690 J. Dryden Don Sebastian i. i. 13 Still untameable! In what a ruine has thy head-strong Pride..plung'd thy People. 1764 T. Harmer Observ. Passages Script. viii. §11. 326 The Arabs have been always looked upon as an untameable people. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth III. 343 This animal..[is] more savage and untameable than any other quadrupede. 1818 H. H. Milman Samor vii. 172 I know thee now, majestic Rebel! thee The untraceable, untameable! 1833 J. Rennie Alphabet Sci. Angling 25 The pike is held to be a more wild, untameable fish than the carp. 1870 N. F. Hele Aldeburgh vii. 77 They [sc. short-horned owls] are very untameable. 1890 Spectator 11 Jan. Cruel and untameable though they [sc. the Masai] seem. figurative.1836 F. Mahony Reliques Father Prout II. 274 A genuine poet..enjoys the mental chase in proportion to the wild and untameable nature of the game.(b)1567 R. Mulcaster tr. J. Fortescue Learned Commendation Lawes Eng. f. 92 The lustes of the fleash are wanton, and almoste vntamable.1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (ix. 21) He subdeweth their untamable wilfulnesse by force.a1677 I. Barrow Serm. Several Occasions (1678) 92 His own unsatiable desires,..and untameable passions will disquiet him.1743 E. Young Complaint: Night the Fifth 20 A Pomp untameable of Weed prevails.a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. iii. 190 This vigour and untameable violence of the sensitive faculties.1818 P. B. Shelley Let. 20 Apr. (1964) II. 7 The untameable profusion & loveliness of nature.1860 N. Hawthorne Marble Faun I. xviii. 184 It was a delight to behold this untamable water. Derivatives unˈtamably adv. (also unˈtameably) ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > unruliness > [adverb] > untameably untamably1808 1808 Trans. Linn. Soc. 9 177 In a state of confinement, they appear to be untameably savage. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < adj.1567
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