immaculableadj.

Brit.

/ᵻˈmakjᵿləbl/, U.S.

/ᵻˈmækjələb(ə)l/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin immaculabilis.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin immaculabilis incapable of stain (4th cent.) < classical Latin im- im- prefix² + maculāre maculate v. + -bilis -ble suffix.

Chiefly poetic. Now rare.

Incapable of (moral) stain or defilement. Also: perfect, immaculate.

ΚΠ

1624 ‘J. Fisher’ in F. White Repl. Fisher 449 The bodie of Christ is..in things impure immaculable.

1877 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 10) xxv. 434 O! sea! Stainless, immaculable by death, by earth Of grossliest burthened stream, unfiled.

1877 Deb. House of Commons (Canada) 7 Apr. 1262/1 Bringing this terrible charge against one of the ablest and most immaculable of Speakers.

1920 G. Gould Journey 28 Lo, what a bubbling music lifts the wings Of the delighted lark, Through clearest air, immaculable blue.

1934 V. M. Yeates Winged Victory iv. 35 Angels sit..hymning the evident godhead of the sun, from whom the radiance flowed of those immaculable spaces.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	immaculable
释义	immaculableadj. Brit. /ᵻˈmakjᵿləbl/, U.S. /ᵻˈmækjələb(ə)l/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin immaculabilis. Etymology: < post-classical Latin immaculabilis incapable of stain (4th cent.) < classical Latin im- im- prefix² + maculāre maculate v. + -bilis -ble suffix. Chiefly poetic. Now rare. Incapable of (moral) stain or defilement. Also: perfect, immaculate. ΚΠ 1624 ‘J. Fisher’ in F. White Repl. Fisher 449 The bodie of Christ is..in things impure immaculable. 1877 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 10) xxv. 434 O! sea! Stainless, immaculable by death, by earth Of grossliest burthened stream, unfiled. 1877 Deb. House of Commons (Canada) 7 Apr. 1262/1 Bringing this terrible charge against one of the ablest and most immaculable of Speakers. 1920 G. Gould Journey 28 Lo, what a bubbling music lifts the wings Of the delighted lark, Through clearest air, immaculable blue. 1934 V. M. Yeates Winged Victory iv. 35 Angels sit..hymning the evident godhead of the sun, from whom the radiance flowed of those immaculable spaces. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1624
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