unweariableadj.
Incapable of being or becoming wearied or tired; indefatigable, unremitting. Apparently disused in the 18th cent., and reintroduced in the 19th, when it came into common use.1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Unweariable, not weariable, incapable of being wearied.] 1810 R. Southey Curse of Kehama xvi. 183 That unweariable foe, With will relentless, follows still.1854 H. D. Thoreau Walden 253 So long-winded was he and so unweariable.1899 J. W. Mackail Life W. Morris II. 217 Through all that period, his sister was his..unweariable nurse.1813 P. B. Shelley Queen Mab vii. 95 Resolved to wage unweariable war With my almighty tyrant.a1842 T. Arnold Hist. Rome (1845) III. 141 The Numidians..chased them with unweariable speed.1880 I. L. Bird Unbeaten Tracks Japan II. 260 Their unweariable good nature.
a. Of persons or things.
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the mind > will > decision > perseverance or persistence > [adjective]
unwearyc893
unwearieda1240
perseverant1340
continuing1393
persevering?a1425
importunate1477
infatigable?1510
unfatigablec1550
persisting1552
unweariable1561
holdfast1567
indefatigable1586
patient1590
faintless1593
untired1597
untired1600
assidual1605
unrelenting1606
persistive1609
unwearyinga1614
hard1615
indefesse1621
constant1639
assiduous1660
dogged1700
unremitting1730
inexhaustible1762
unremitted1774
untiring1823
persistent1830
sleuth1864
tug-like1890
1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. i. f. 47 An enemie that is..in diligence and celeritie vnweriable.
1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie i. iv. 55 Desire to resemble him in goodnes maketh them vnweariable.
1608 Bp. J. Hall Characters Vertues & Vices ii. 81 If the others eare were as vnweariable as his tongue.
1626 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. VIII. O.T. xxi. 505 He is vnweariable with our requests.
1694 in R. H. Story W. Carstares (1874) 234 A great fervency in expression, and unweariable lungs, are mistaken by the poor ignorant for zeal and piety.
b. Of qualities, conditions, or actions.
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the mind > will > decision > perseverance or persistence > [adjective] > of actions or qualities
inextinguible1412
inextinguishable1509
assiduatea1513
assiduousa1552
unwearied1561
unweariable1571
assidual1622
inextinct1623
unrelented1651
inextinguished1746
unrelaxed1825
1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (xxv. 5) He hung uppon God with unweeriable constancie.
1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie Pref. 17 An vnweariable desire of receyuing instruction.
1627 J. Carter Plaine Expos. Serm. in Mount 5 It requireth vnweariable labour and paines all our life long.
1651 T. Gataker in T. Fuller Abel Redevivus 206 An insatiable ardor and unweariable endeavorour of continuall..hearing or reading.
Derivatives
unˈweariableness n.
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the mind > will > decision > perseverance or persistence > [noun] > staying power
lastingnessa1398
unweariness1611
unweariednessa1617
last1622
indefatigationa1646
unweariableness1647
unwearisomeness1649
indefatigability1651
indefatigableness1653
infatigability1709
lasting1762
stamina1803
unweariability1853
staying qualities1856
stickability1858
staying power1859
sitzfleisch1877
bounceback1959
1647 J. Trapp Comm. Evangelists & Acts (Acts vi. 5) Famous for their unweariableness in God's work.
1652 W. Brough Sacred Princ. (ed. 2) 64 Why such Unweariablenesse to have my Will?
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