单词 | untillable |
释义 | untillableadj. (un- prefix1 1b.) ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > wild or uncultivated land > [adjective] > uncultivable unmanurable1592 uncultivable1663 unplantable1683 untillable1714 irreclaimable1814 unculturable1860 uncultivatable1870 1714 Welsh-monster 26 In a wild Corner of the World,..Worthless, untillable, and barren. 1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. i. 398 On the shore..Of the untillable and barren deep. 1814 H. M. Brackenridge Views Louisiana i. iii. 27 An extensive region of open plains and meadows, interspersed with bare untillable hills. 1889 Times 20 Apr. 5/1 A considerable portion of the district being untillable. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < adj.1714 |
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