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intolerability|ɪnˌtɒlərəˈbɪlɪtɪ|
Also 6 -toll-.
[f. next + -ity: in late L. intolerābilitās, obs. F. intollerabilité (Godef.).]
The quality of being intolerable; intolerableness.
1597A. M. tr. Guillemeau's Fr. Chirurg. 48/1 Accompanied with bitinge payn, with intollerabilitye, and with a continuall commotion. 1813Shelley Q. Mab Poet. Wks. (1891) 48/2 Notes, If the mind sinks beneath the weight of one, is it an alleviation to increase the intolerability of the burthen? a1849Poe Marginalia Wks. 1864 III. 485 The goodness of your true pun is in direct ratio of its intolerability.
b. An intolerable thing.
1602Dekker Satirom. Wks. 1873 I. 242 Make him proove these intolerabilities. |