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unˈquestionable, a. and n.
[un-1 7 b, 12.]
1. Having an assured character or position; unexceptionable.
1603Daniel Def. Rhime G 3, The Generall Custome, and vse of Ryme..hauing beene so long..held vnquestionable. 1648Wilkins Math. Magic i. xviii. 131 Attested by the experience of divers unquestionable witnesses. a1687Petty Pol. Arith. i. (1690) 29 For what summ the Keepers of the Bank are unquestionable Security. 1796Morse Amer. Geog. II. 91 [It] would be incredible, were it not attested by the most unquestionable authors. 1828Lytton Pelham I. xvii, The rope was of the most unquestionable thickness. 1846A. Marsh Father Darcy II. xiv. 237 His ability is great, his principles unquestionable.
2. Incapable of being doubted or disputed; indisputable, indubitable, certain.
1631Gouge God's Arrows iii. §93. 353 The Crowne..by just and unquestionable title descended on her. 1695J. Edwards Perfect. Script. 349 The learned professor..renders it unquestionable that Moses..was the author. 1709Berkeley Th. Vision §150 The contrary being held an unquestionable truth. 1782Martyn Geog. Mag. I. 225 Authentic facts, and unquestionable evidence. 1850H. Martineau Hist. Peace v. iii. (1877) III. 226 The evil was unquestionable. 1879S. C. Bartlett Egypt to Pal. xxi. 453 This is one of the unquestionable antiquities, the fountain of Elisha.
b. n. An unquestionable fact or truth.
1661Glanvill Van. Dogm. 231 The love of God and our neighbour, those Evangelical unquestionables. 1898Westm. Gaz. 1 Feb. 1/3 One of the unquestionables is, that the German Government cannot dare to challenge the hostility of Russia.
3. a. Not submitting to question; impatient.
1600Shakes. A.Y.L. iii. ii. 393 Orl. What were his markes? Ros. A leane cheeke, which you haue not:..an vnquestionable spirit, which you haue not.
b. Not liable to question.
1649Milton Tenure Kings 19 What hath a native King to plead,..why he..should think to scape unquestionable, as a thing divine?
Hence unquestionaˈbility, -ableness.
1727Bailey (vol. II), Indisputableness, unquestionableness. 1843Carlyle Past & Pr. ii. vi, Our Religion is..a great heaven-high Unquestionability. 1873Hamerton Intell. Life iii. viii. 112 The modern linguist can never fence him⁓self behind that stately unquestionableness which shields the Classical scholar. |