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immeasurable, a.|ɪˈmɛʒ(j)ʊərəb(ə)l, ɪmm-|
Also 5 ynmes-, ymeas-, 6 inmes-, 7 immes.
[f. im-2 + measurable a. Cf. 16th c. F. immésurable.]
Not measurable; that cannot be measured; immense.
1440J. Shirley Dethe K. James (1818) 25 His tirannye ynmesurable, without pite or mercy. a1532More Confut. Tindale Wks. 590/1 Tyl he..for theire immesurable outrage..finallye reiecteth and refuseth them. 1667Milton P.L. vii. 211 The vast immeasurable Abyss. c1790Cowper Notes Milton's P.L. i. 50 The immeasurable distance to which these apostate spirits had fallen from God. 1838Dickens Nich. Nick. xiii, To the immeasurable delight and admiration of all the readers thereof. 1869J. Martineau Ess. II. 40 Geology makes me familiar with immeasurable times. |