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‖ introuvable, a.|æ̃truvabl| [Fr.] Unfindable, undiscoverable; spec. of books. Also as n.
1824Edin. Rev. Mar. 2 We are by no means of opinion that it [sc. a correct standard of national prosperity] is really introuvable. 1856Newsp. & Gen. Reader's Compan. ii. §1436 Give me a mere annonce of any thing, that can tell me of your introuvable friend. 1895H. B. Forman in Nicoll & Wise Lit. Anecdotes 19th Cent. I. 67 The almost introuvable tract Prothanasia and other Poems. 1963Times Lit. Suppl. 15 Feb. 116/3 A potential introuvable to future collectors. |