immobileadj.

/ɪˈməʊbʌɪl/

/ɪˈməʊbɪl/

Forms: Also Middle English in-mobill, Middle English immobyle, 1500s immobil, immoble, imoble.

Etymology: < French immobile (13th cent. in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter), < Latin immōbilis , < im- im- prefix² + mōbilis mobile adj.¹

Incapable of moving or of being moved, immovable (literal and figurative); fixed, stable. Also less strictly: That does not move; motionless, stationary. (In first quot. = immovable adj. 3.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > absence of movement > [adjective]

immobilec1340

moveless1578

motionless1598

immotive1628

dead1647

signless1843

immotile1872

c1340 R. Rolle Prose Treat. 11 Thou sall noghte couatye þe hous or oþer thynge mobill or in-mobill of þi neghtbour with wrange.

1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos xix. 69 Eneas..holdyng hys syght alwayes Immobyle atte anothre syde than vpon dydo.

1545 G. Joye Expos. Daniel (v.) f. 87^v It is not lefull to breke them [sc. lawes]: but they be ferme and immoble.

c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 38 Al the thyng that circuitis this..fyrst mobil is immobil and mouis nocht.

1559 W. Cuningham Cosmogr. Glasse 17 I do imagine..A. D. to be the axe tree, and imoble.

1677 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. IV iv. 141 Frequent repeted custome in sin renders the conscience..obdurate..whereby sin becomes necessary and immobile.

1859 G. Meredith Ordeal Richard Feverel III. vi. 160 The fruits hung immobile on the boughs.

1864 Mattie, a Stray I. 200 His immobile features did not alarm the young suitor.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	immobile
释义	immobileadj. /ɪˈməʊbʌɪl//ɪˈməʊbɪl/ Forms: Also Middle English in-mobill, Middle English immobyle, 1500s immobil, immoble, imoble. Etymology: < French immobile (13th cent. in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter), < Latin immōbilis , < im- im- prefix² + mōbilis mobile adj.¹ Incapable of moving or of being moved, immovable (literal and figurative); fixed, stable. Also less strictly: That does not move; motionless, stationary. (In first quot. = immovable adj. 3.) ΘΚΠ the world > movement > absence of movement > [adjective] immobilec1340 moveless1578 motionless1598 immotive1628 dead1647 signless1843 immotile1872 c1340 R. Rolle Prose Treat. 11 Thou sall noghte couatye þe hous or oþer thynge mobill or in-mobill of þi neghtbour with wrange. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos xix. 69 Eneas..holdyng hys syght alwayes Immobyle atte anothre syde than vpon dydo. 1545 G. Joye Expos. Daniel (v.) f. 87^v It is not lefull to breke them [sc. lawes]: but they be ferme and immoble. c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 38 Al the thyng that circuitis this..fyrst mobil is immobil and mouis nocht. 1559 W. Cuningham Cosmogr. Glasse 17 I do imagine..A. D. to be the axe tree, and imoble. 1677 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. IV iv. 141 Frequent repeted custome in sin renders the conscience..obdurate..whereby sin becomes necessary and immobile. 1859 G. Meredith Ordeal Richard Feverel III. vi. 160 The fruits hung immobile on the boughs. 1864 Mattie, a Stray I. 200 His immobile features did not alarm the young suitor. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.c1340
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