unvisitableadj.
1.
a. Unable to visit.
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unvisitable1638
1638 H. Wotton Let. 18 Aug. in Reliquiæ Wottonianæ (1672) 570 The B. of Lincoln being in an unvisitable case himself.
b. Unfit to be visited.
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unvisitable1832
1832 M. R. Mitford Our Village V. 38 A series of bachelor lords, whose female companions have been thoroughly unvisitable.
2. Not suitable for visiting.
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society > leisure > social event > visit > [adjective] > not suitable for visiting (of hour)
unvisitable1749
1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones V. xiii. iii. 21 The next Morning..she huddled on her Cloathes, and at a very unfashionable, unseasonable, unvisitable Hour went to Lady Bellaston. View more context for this quotation
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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