incomparableadj.adv.n.

/ɪnˈkɒmpərəb(ə)l/

Etymology: < French incomparable (12–13th cent. in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter), < Latin incomparābilis , < in- (in- prefix⁴) + comparābilis comparable adj.

A. adj.

1. With which there is no comparison; unequalled in manner, kind, or degree; matchless, peerless, transcendent.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or extraordinary > [adjective] > incomparable, unparalleled, or unique

unilicheOE

makelessc1225

unevenlyc1230

peerlessc1330

alonea1382

uncomparablea1382

unoverpassablea1382

solea1398

incomparable1412

sans-peer1426

nonpareilc1450

invincible1509

matchless1530

inimitable1531

unmatchable1544

unmatched1548

unpassable1563

alonely1567

inequivalent1568

mateless1570

unparagonized1578

only1581

fellowlessa1586

unimitablea1586

compareless1590

incompared1590

immatchless1595

unequalized1596

nonsuch1598

paragonless1599

immatchable1601

unparalleled1601

uncompeered1602

unpeered1602

imparalleled1604

unpeerable1604

unrivalled1607

uncompanioned1608

unexampled1610

unsurmountable1611

unsurpassable1611

unparagoned1612

patternless1613

unpatterned1617

unique1618

unparallelable1621

parallelless1622

unmatchless1623

single1633

unexemplifieda1634

unsampleda1638

unequalled1639

imparallel1641

unparallel1645

unseconded1646

unexemplary1649

unaccessional1651

unequalable1659

uncome-at-able1694

rivalless1735

untouched1735

unexcelleda1800

unexceeded1813

sans-pareilly1818

unsurpassed1818

unrivallable1823

unapproachable1834

untranscendeda1849

insuperable1849

unbrothered1853

unapproached1856

insurpassable1859

untouchable1867

hors concours1884

1412–20 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy i. vi And of beaute ȝe bene incomparable.

c1450 Cov. Myst. (Shaks. Soc.) 391 Heyl! incomparabil quen Goddis holy tron!

1541 T. Elyot Castel of Helthe (new ed.) 35 a Honye..is of incomparable efficacy.

a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Norf. 250 She was afterwards his incomparable wife.

1738 W. Warburton Divine Legation Moses I. iii. vi. 433 The incomparable Sir Isaac Newton.

1871 L. Stephen Playground of Europe (1894) ix. 202 The squalor of an Italian town surrounds monuments of incomparable beauty.

1897 W. E. Gladstone Let. 20 Apr. Incredible shame, incomparable bungling.

2. Not to be compared (with or to).

ΚΠ

1614 T. Jackson Third Bk. Comm. Apostles Creede iii. xi. §18 (margin) Vniuersall absolute obedience vnto men is incomparable with true loyalty vnto Christ.

1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 116 Neere mountayne Taurus is now a Citie both great and famous, yet incomparable to what shee was in Ecbatans time.

1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. III. 640 As knowledge becomes more accurate, the tables constructed in successive periods become incomparable.

1899 Westm. Gaz. 15 May 9/2 The British patent system..is incomparable, from every point of view almost, with the patent systems of Germany and the United States.

†B. adv.

= incomparably adv. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or extraordinary > [adverb] > in a way that is unparalleled or unique

onlyOE

unilichec1300

unlike?c1335

incomparablyc1422

sans-peer1426

incomparable1482

uncomparably1548

peerless1596

matchlessly1598

peerlessly1600

unimitably1622

unparalleledly1639

matchlessc1650

uniquely1805

unapproachably1846

unsurpassably1859

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > utterly

allOE

outlyOE

thwert-outc1175

skerea1225

thoroughc1225

downrightc1275

purec1300

purelyc1300

faira1325

finelyc1330

quitec1330

quitelyc1330

utterlyc1374

outerlya1382

plainlya1382

straighta1387

allutterly1389

starkc1390

oultrelya1393

plata1393

barec1400

outrightc1400

incomparablyc1422

absolutely?a1425

simpliciter?a1425

staringa1425

quitementa1450

properlyc1450

directly1455

merec1475

incomparable1482

preciselyc1503

clean?1515

cleara1522

plain1535

merely1546

stark1553

perfectly1555

right-down1566

simply1574

flat1577

flatly1577

skire1581

plumb1588

dead?1589

rankly1590

stark1593

sheera1600

start1599

handsmooth1600

peremptory1601

sheerly1601

rank1602

utter1619

point-blank1624

proofa1625

peremptorily1626

downrightly1632

right-down1646

solid1651

clever1664

just1668

hollow1671

entirely1673

blank1677

even down1677

cleverly1696

uncomparatively1702

subtly1733

point1762

cussed1779

regularly1789

unqualifiedly1789

irredeemably1790

positively1800

cussedly1802

heart1812

proper1816

slick1818

blankly1822

bang1828

smack1828

pluperfectly1831

unmitigatedly1832

bodaciously1833

unredeemedly1835

out of sight1839

bodacious1845

regular1846

thoroughly1846

ingrainedly1869

muckinga1880

fucking1893

motherless1898

self1907

stone1928

sideways1956

terminally1974

1482 Monk of Evesham 101 Mekyl more gladder and that yncomparable for the certen bydyng that he boode to haue the sight of god.

1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection ii. sig. Mi Thou shalt be in heuen rular of incomparable more treasure.

1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 6 The Gray, or Horse-Fly. Her eye is an incomparable pleasant spectacle.

C. n.

1. An incomparable or matchless person or thing.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or extraordinary > [noun] > fact of being unparalleled or unique > that which is unique > a unique thing or person

nonpareilc1500

transcendent1591

Arabian birda1616

imparallel1658

original1675

incomparable1704

unique1769

sui generis1787

oner1841

unicum1885

the only pebble on the beach1896

1704 W. Penn in Mem. Hist. Soc. Pennsylvania (1870) IX. 355 That there ever should be such a succession of incomparables.

1807 tr. Three Germans III. 19 This incomparable would be an evil to be dreaded in the city.

2. A name for a North American bird, the Nonpareil or Painted Bunting (Cyanospiza or Passerina ciris), so called from its gorgeous colouring, blue, green, yellow, and scarlet.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > seed eaters > [noun] > family Emberizidae > subfamily Cardinalinae > genus Passerina > passerina ciris (painted bunting)

painted finch1731

nonpareil1755

painted bunting1811

incomparable1889

1889 Cent. Dict. Cyanospiza..contains the common indigo-bird of the United States.., the lazuli finch.., the nonpareil, incomparable, or pape [etc.].

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	incomparable
释义	incomparableadj.adv.n. /ɪnˈkɒmpərəb(ə)l/ Etymology: < French incomparable (12–13th cent. in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter), < Latin incomparābilis , < in- (in- prefix⁴) + comparābilis comparable adj. A. adj. 1. With which there is no comparison; unequalled in manner, kind, or degree; matchless, peerless, transcendent. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or extraordinary > [adjective] > incomparable, unparalleled, or unique unilicheOE makelessc1225 unevenlyc1230 peerlessc1330 alonea1382 uncomparablea1382 unoverpassablea1382 solea1398 incomparable1412 sans-peer1426 nonpareilc1450 invincible1509 matchless1530 inimitable1531 unmatchable1544 unmatched1548 unpassable1563 alonely1567 inequivalent1568 mateless1570 unparagonized1578 only1581 fellowlessa1586 unimitablea1586 compareless1590 incompared1590 immatchless1595 unequalized1596 nonsuch1598 paragonless1599 immatchable1601 unparalleled1601 uncompeered1602 unpeered1602 imparalleled1604 unpeerable1604 unrivalled1607 uncompanioned1608 unexampled1610 unsurmountable1611 unsurpassable1611 unparagoned1612 patternless1613 unpatterned1617 unique1618 unparallelable1621 parallelless1622 unmatchless1623 single1633 unexemplifieda1634 unsampleda1638 unequalled1639 imparallel1641 unparallel1645 unseconded1646 unexemplary1649 unaccessional1651 unequalable1659 uncome-at-able1694 rivalless1735 untouched1735 unexcelleda1800 unexceeded1813 sans-pareilly1818 unsurpassed1818 unrivallable1823 unapproachable1834 untranscendeda1849 insuperable1849 unbrothered1853 unapproached1856 insurpassable1859 untouchable1867 hors concours1884 1412–20 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy i. vi And of beaute ȝe bene incomparable. c1450 Cov. Myst. (Shaks. Soc.) 391 Heyl! incomparabil quen Goddis holy tron! 1541 T. Elyot Castel of Helthe (new ed.) 35 a Honye..is of incomparable efficacy. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Norf. 250 She was afterwards his incomparable wife. 1738 W. Warburton Divine Legation Moses I. iii. vi. 433 The incomparable Sir Isaac Newton. 1871 L. Stephen Playground of Europe (1894) ix. 202 The squalor of an Italian town surrounds monuments of incomparable beauty. 1897 W. E. Gladstone Let. 20 Apr. Incredible shame, incomparable bungling. 2. Not to be compared (with or to). ΚΠ 1614 T. Jackson Third Bk. Comm. Apostles Creede iii. xi. §18 (margin) Vniuersall absolute obedience vnto men is incomparable with true loyalty vnto Christ. 1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 116 Neere mountayne Taurus is now a Citie both great and famous, yet incomparable to what shee was in Ecbatans time. 1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. III. 640 As knowledge becomes more accurate, the tables constructed in successive periods become incomparable. 1899 Westm. Gaz. 15 May 9/2 The British patent system..is incomparable, from every point of view almost, with the patent systems of Germany and the United States. †B. adv. = incomparably adv. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or extraordinary > [adverb] > in a way that is unparalleled or unique onlyOE unilichec1300 unlike?c1335 incomparablyc1422 sans-peer1426 incomparable1482 uncomparably1548 peerless1596 matchlessly1598 peerlessly1600 unimitably1622 unparalleledly1639 matchlessc1650 uniquely1805 unapproachably1846 unsurpassably1859 the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > utterly allOE allOE outlyOE thwert-outc1175 skerea1225 thoroughc1225 downrightc1275 purec1300 purelyc1300 faira1325 finelyc1330 quitec1330 quitelyc1330 utterlyc1374 outerlya1382 plainlya1382 straighta1387 allutterly1389 starkc1390 oultrelya1393 plata1393 barec1400 outrightc1400 incomparablyc1422 absolutely?a1425 simpliciter?a1425 staringa1425 quitementa1450 properlyc1450 directly1455 merec1475 incomparable1482 preciselyc1503 clean?1515 cleara1522 plain1535 merely1546 stark1553 perfectly1555 right-down1566 simply1574 flat1577 flatly1577 skire1581 plumb1588 dead?1589 rankly1590 stark1593 sheera1600 start1599 handsmooth1600 peremptory1601 sheerly1601 rank1602 utter1619 point-blank1624 proofa1625 peremptorily1626 downrightly1632 right-down1646 solid1651 clever1664 just1668 hollow1671 entirely1673 blank1677 even down1677 cleverly1696 uncomparatively1702 subtly1733 point1762 cussed1779 regularly1789 unqualifiedly1789 irredeemably1790 positively1800 cussedly1802 heart1812 proper1816 slick1818 blankly1822 bang1828 smack1828 pluperfectly1831 unmitigatedly1832 bodaciously1833 unredeemedly1835 out of sight1839 bodacious1845 regular1846 thoroughly1846 ingrainedly1869 muckinga1880 fucking1893 motherless1898 self1907 stone1928 sideways1956 terminally1974 1482 Monk of Evesham 101 Mekyl more gladder and that yncomparable for the certen bydyng that he boode to haue the sight of god. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection ii. sig. Mi Thou shalt be in heuen rular of incomparable more treasure. 1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 6 The Gray, or Horse-Fly. Her eye is an incomparable pleasant spectacle. C. n. 1. An incomparable or matchless person or thing. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or extraordinary > [noun] > fact of being unparalleled or unique > that which is unique > a unique thing or person nonpareilc1500 transcendent1591 Arabian birda1616 imparallel1658 original1675 incomparable1704 unique1769 sui generis1787 oner1841 unicum1885 the only pebble on the beach1896 1704 W. Penn in Mem. Hist. Soc. Pennsylvania (1870) IX. 355 That there ever should be such a succession of incomparables. 1807 tr. Three Germans III. 19 This incomparable would be an evil to be dreaded in the city. 2. A name for a North American bird, the Nonpareil or Painted Bunting (Cyanospiza or Passerina ciris), so called from its gorgeous colouring, blue, green, yellow, and scarlet. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > seed eaters > [noun] > family Emberizidae > subfamily Cardinalinae > genus Passerina > passerina ciris (painted bunting) painted finch1731 nonpareil1755 painted bunting1811 incomparable1889 1889 Cent. Dict. Cyanospiza..contains the common indigo-bird of the United States.., the lazuli finch.., the nonpareil, incomparable, or pape [etc.]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.adv.n.1412
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