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inexcitable, a. rare.|ɪnɛkˈsaɪtəb(ə)l|
[In sense 1 (stressed iˈnexcitable), ad. L. inexcitābilis, f. in- (in-3) + excitābilis; in 2, f. in-3 + excitable.]
†1. From which one cannot be roused. Obs. (Cf. Seneca Epist. lxxxiii. 13 somnus inexcitabilis.)
1616Chapman Homer's Wks., Hymn Venus N ij, What pleasure..letts Humor steepe Thy lidds, in this inexcitable sleepe? 1651T. Stanley Poems, Moschus 48 A long obscure inexcitable sleep.
2. Not excitable; not liable to excitement.
1828in Webster. 1846Landor Imag. Conv. Wks. I. 68/1 Animosities [have grown] tame, inert, and inexcitable. |