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inconsolable, a.|ɪnkənˈsəʊləb(ə)l|
[ad. L. inconsōlābilis, f. in- (in-3) + consōlābilis consolable. Cf. F. inconsolable (1611 in Cotgr., but inconsolablement is found earlier).
In poetry formerly sometimes stressed inˈconsolable (quots. 1596, 1754); but Bailey 1730 has inconˈsolable.]
Not admitting of consolation or solace; that cannot be consoled, alleviated, or assuaged. a. Of grief, trouble, etc.
1596C. Fitzgeffrey Sir F. Drake (1881) 97 And hath by death receiv'd an overthrowe, Vnto the worlds inconsolable woe. 1627–77Feltham Resolves ii. lxxi. 311 Sins being the work of darkness, we prefer the inconsolable darkness before the pleasure of the brightest Ray. 1746–7Hervey Medit. (1818) 180 This unallayed and inconsolable anguish of our all-gracious Master. 1754Blacklock Elegy Constantia (R.), Impell'd by deep inconsolable grief, She breathes her soft, her melancholy strain. 1862Sat. Rev. 8 Feb. 153 Inconsolable woe seemed to depress the Ministry—decent grief was stamped on the faces of the Opposition. 1870Macduff Mem. Patmos xxiii. (1871) 318 Indulging in a wild and inconsolable lament.
b. Of persons: Disconsolate.
1677Lady Chaworth in 12th Rep. Hist. MSS. Comm. App. v. 44 The Duchesse is inconsolable, but the Duke bears it lyke a great man. 1710Addison Tatler No. 152 ⁋6 They were all Three inconsolable for his Absence. 1848C. Brontë J. Eyre xiii, Was he so very fond of his brother as to be still inconsolable for his loss? 1881Stevenson Virg. Puerisque 138, I dare say the sick man is not very inconsolable when he receives sentence of banishment.
absol.1799Mrs. Jane West Tale of Times I. 20 The mortal dart of woe in the bosom of the fair inconsolable.
Hence inconˌsolaˈbility, inconˈsolableness, the condition of being inconsolable; inconˈsolably adv., in an inconsolable manner.
1727Bailey vol. II, Inconsolably. Ibid., Inconsolableness. 1752Johnson Rambler No. 191 ⁋3 A letter from Mr. Trip..about absence and inconsoleableness, and ardour and irresistible passion, and eternal constancy. a1857D. Jerrold John Applejohn Wks. 1864 III. xviii. 386 John wandered inconsolably backwards and forwards. 1858De Quincey Autobiog. Sk. Wks. II. 313 note, The poor unhappy goddess seemed to be eternally aground on this Goodwin Sand of inconsolability. 1879R. T. Smith Basil the Great xii. 182 Sometimes they laugh incessantly and sometimes lament inconsolably. |