inconversableadj.

/ɪnkənˈvəːsəb(ə)l/

Forms: Also erron. -ible.

Etymology: < in- prefix⁴ + converse v. + -able suffix; compare Spanish inconversable (Guevara, 1539) and conversable adj.

? Obsolete.

Not conversable; †unsociable (obsolete); not disposed to converse, uncommunicative.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > taciturnity or reticence > [adjective]

unspeakinga1382

speechless1390

mutec1400

dumb1406

silenta1425

peaceablec1425

secretc1440

of few wordsa1500

tongue-tied1529

mum1532

closec1540

strait-laced1546

tongue-dumb1556

incommunicable1568

sparing1568

inconversable1577

retentive1599

wordless1604

mumbudget1622

uncommunicable1628

monastica1631

word-bound1644

on (also upon) the reserve1655

strait-mouthed1664

oyster-like1665

incommunicative1670

mumchance1681

speechless1726

taciturnous1727

tongue-tacked1727

monosyllabic1735

silentish1737

untalkative1739

silentious1749

buttoned-up1767

taciturn1771

close as wax1772

untittletattling1779

reticent1825

voiceless1827

say-nothing1838

unremonstrant1841

still1855

unvocal1858

inexpansive186.

short-tongued1864

non-communicating1865

tight-lipped1876

unworded1886

chup1896

tongue-bound1906

shut-mouthed1936

zip-lipped1943

shtum1958

society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > [adjective] > not fit or inclined for society

moy1487

uncompanable1555

inconversable1577

unconversable1593

insociable1598

unsociable1600

dissociable1603

unconversing1643

insocial1654

incommunicative1670

segregative1685

uncommunicative1691

unsocial1731

unamicable1732

uncompanionable1748

dissocial1762

unclubbable?1764

ungregarious1829

lame1942

socially distanced1970

1577 E. Hellowes tr. A. de Guevara Chron. 2 If he be inconuersible, they abhorre him [Sp. si es inconuersable aborrescenle].

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Insociable, vnsociable, vncompanable, inconuersible.

1668 H. More Divine Dialogues (1713) i. ii. 3 He is a Person very inconversable.

1706 tr. J. B. Morvan de Bellegarde Refl. upon Ridicule 39 They are regarded, as inconversable, rough-hewn, rude and phantastical.

1720 D. Defoe Life Capt. Singleton 250 They fled from us, and were altogether inconversable.

Derivatives

inconˈversableness n. (Bailey vol. II 1727).

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	inconversable
释义	inconversableadj. /ɪnkənˈvəːsəb(ə)l/ Forms: Also erron. -ible. Etymology: < in- prefix⁴ + converse v. + -able suffix; compare Spanish inconversable (Guevara, 1539) and conversable adj. ? Obsolete. Not conversable; †unsociable (obsolete); not disposed to converse, uncommunicative. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > taciturnity or reticence > [adjective] unspeakinga1382 speechless1390 mutec1400 dumb1406 silenta1425 peaceablec1425 secretc1440 of few wordsa1500 tongue-tied1529 mum1532 closec1540 strait-laced1546 tongue-dumb1556 incommunicable1568 sparing1568 inconversable1577 retentive1599 wordless1604 mumbudget1622 uncommunicable1628 monastica1631 word-bound1644 on (also upon) the reserve1655 strait-mouthed1664 oyster-like1665 incommunicative1670 mumchance1681 speechless1726 taciturnous1727 tongue-tacked1727 monosyllabic1735 silentish1737 untalkative1739 silentious1749 buttoned-up1767 taciturn1771 close as wax1772 untittletattling1779 reticent1825 voiceless1827 say-nothing1838 unremonstrant1841 still1855 unvocal1858 inexpansive186. short-tongued1864 non-communicating1865 tight-lipped1876 unworded1886 chup1896 tongue-bound1906 shut-mouthed1936 zip-lipped1943 shtum1958 society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > [adjective] > not fit or inclined for society moy1487 uncompanable1555 inconversable1577 unconversable1593 insociable1598 unsociable1600 dissociable1603 unconversing1643 insocial1654 incommunicative1670 segregative1685 uncommunicative1691 unsocial1731 unamicable1732 uncompanionable1748 dissocial1762 unclubbable?1764 ungregarious1829 lame1942 socially distanced1970 1577 E. Hellowes tr. A. de Guevara Chron. 2 If he be inconuersible, they abhorre him [Sp. si es inconuersable aborrescenle]. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Insociable, vnsociable, vncompanable, inconuersible. 1668 H. More Divine Dialogues (1713) i. ii. 3 He is a Person very inconversable. 1706 tr. J. B. Morvan de Bellegarde Refl. upon Ridicule 39 They are regarded, as inconversable, rough-hewn, rude and phantastical. 1720 D. Defoe Life Capt. Singleton 250 They fled from us, and were altogether inconversable. Derivatives inconˈversableness n. (Bailey vol. II 1727). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.1577
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