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unˈfordable, a.
(un-1 7 b and 5 b.)
1611Florio, Inguazzabile, vnwadable, vnfoordable. 1649Taylor Gt. Exemp. ii. §21 When he is to pass a sudden or unfordable flood. 1732T. Lediard Sethos II. vii. 58 Their excursions..over unfordable rivers. 1834Pringle Afr. Sk. 187 A very heavy rain..swells the river to an unfordable size. 1868Rep. U.S. Commissioner Agric. (1869) 351 Many of the unfordable streams are still crossed by flat-boat ferries.
fig.a1641Bp. R. Montagu Acts & Mon. (1642) 25 Many deep hidden mysteries, and unfordable.
Hence unˈfordableness.
1652Heylyn Cosmogr. ii. 193 The unfordablenesse of the River. |