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iˈnnominable, a. (n.) arch.
[ad. L. innōminābil-is, f. in- (in-3) + nōminābilis nominable.]
Incapable of being named or not fit to be named.
1387–8T. Usk Test. Love i. ix. (Skeat) I. 55 Of foule thynges innominable. 1533[see inimaginable]. 1570Billingsley Euclid. v. def. iv. 129 The excesse of the one to the other is euer unknowen, and therefore is surd, and innominable. 1625T. James Manuduct. Divinity Ep. Ded., As concerning the manuscripts, they are..innominable as yet. 1839Fraser's Mag. XIX. 626 Those innominable garments, the mere allusion to which is sufficient to shock ears polite. 1839Bailey Festus xix. (1852) 278 There are innominable depths, Which cannot be revealed of human life.
B. n. in pl. (humorous euphemism) ‘Unmentionables’, trousers.
1834–43Southey Doctor (1847) VII. 606 The lower part of his dress represented innominables and hose in one. |