inevitableadj.n.

/ɪnˈɛvɪtəb(ə)l/

Etymology: < Latin inēvītābilis unavoidable, < in- (in- prefix⁴) + ēvītābilis evitable adj. < ēvītāre to avoid. Compare French inévitable (1549 in R. Estienne).

a. That cannot be avoided; not admitting of escape or evasion; unavoidable. In extended use: that cannot fail or is bound to occur, appear, be used, etc.; that is inherent (in) or naturally belongs to (see also quot. 1893).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > necessity > [adjective] > inevitable

uneschewablec1374

unscapablea1382

ineschewable1412

inevitablec1430

intreatable1509

unevitable1539

forcible1574

inextricable1576

unavoidable1577

resistless1590

unshunning1593

unavoided1597

inexorable1600

unpreventablea1601

fatal1605

irrenitible1605

unvoided1612

unescapable1614

shunlessa1616

unshunnablea1616

ineluctable1623

unpreventible1632

undefensablea1642

undeclinable1652

indeclinable1658

ineludible1662

avoidlessa1668

inavoidable1670

infrustrable1677

unhinderable1678

wardless1693

unfrustrable1714

unparryable1770

inescapable1792

inexcludible1817

unproscribable1817

unprecludible1825

undeliverable1843

inevasible1846

scapeless1850

deviceless1851

escapeless1855

unevadable1857

ineliminable1875

inavertible1885

unavertible1897

voidless1908

c1430 Life St. Kath. (1884) 52 My body whyche aftur þe ineuitable lawe of nature abydeth to be resolued in to deþ.

?1518 A. Barclay tr. D. Mancinus Myrrour Good Maners sig. Eii^v What shulde he drede of dethe, it is ineuytable The generall dutye: and trybute of nature.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) iv. xv. 65 When I should see behinde me Th' ineuitable prosecution of disgrace and horror.

a1698 W. Row Suppl. in R. Blair Life (1848) (modernized text) x. 212 There was an inevitable necessity laid upon them.

1751 T. Gray Elegy ix. 7 All..Awaits alike th' inevitable hour.

1796 R. Southey Joan of Arc x. 508 [He] then beholds the inevitable shark Close on him open-mouthed.

1838 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece V. xl. 122 A battle became inevitable.

1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. ii. 10 The conclusion seems inevitable that the mountain is sinking by its own weight.

1879 F. W. Farrar Life St. Paul Pref. p. ix The English version..only requires the removal of errors which were inevitable to the age in which it was executed.

1893 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. I Inevitable..jocularly, customary; usual; as, the inevitable row with the cabman; the inevitable hash for breakfast.

1932 Notes & Queries 6 Feb. 107/1 Illustrations of French wit;..of the ‘inevitable’ phrase, that gift to the world past all praise.

1932 H. Read in H. J. & H. Massingham Great Victorians 400 Patmore, at this stage of his inspiration, was no inevitable poet.

1974 Daily Tel. 4 Jan. (Colour Suppl.) 19/3 Walter Harris was awarded a light diet of prunes, apricots, grapefruit, broth, and the inevitable yoghurt.

b. absol. and as n. the inevitable, that which is inevitable, what cannot be avoided or escaped. Also (with an or plural), an inevitable fact, event, truth, etc.; a person who, or thing which, is necessarily chosen or employed.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > necessity > [noun] > inevitability > inevitable fact, event, etc.

necessity1600

necessary1818

inevitable1850

must-be1868

1850 T. Carlyle Latter-day Pamphlets iv. 16 Our one interest in such Government is, that it would be kind enough to cease and go its ways, before the inevitable arrive.

1887 J. R. Lowell Democracy & Other Addr. 16 There is no good in arguing with the inevitable.

1888 W. Whitman in Cent. Mag. (1911) Dec. 255/1 Grant was one of the inevitables: he always arrived; he was as invincible as a law.

1901 Westm. Gaz. 24 Apr. 4/2 Here at length are some true inevitables.

1903 Westm. Gaz. 28 Aug. 3/2 After the Canadian Arch it was only an ‘inevitable’ that there should be a rush to the Dominion.

1927 Observer 17 July 9/4 A further twenty volumes of Everyman's Library... The ‘Areopagitica’ was another of the inevitables.

1936 L. C. Douglas White Banners viii. 167 Paul greeted them amiably, exchanged the inevitables with the comely Mrs. Edmunds [etc.].

1965 Listener 22 July 112/2 It seemed that it was only a matter of time before..the United States would bow gracefully to the inevitable.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	inevitable
释义	inevitableadj.n. /ɪnˈɛvɪtəb(ə)l/ Etymology: < Latin inēvītābilis unavoidable, < in- (in- prefix⁴) + ēvītābilis evitable adj. < ēvītāre to avoid. Compare French inévitable (1549 in R. Estienne). a. That cannot be avoided; not admitting of escape or evasion; unavoidable. In extended use: that cannot fail or is bound to occur, appear, be used, etc.; that is inherent (in) or naturally belongs to (see also quot. 1893). ΘΚΠ the mind > will > necessity > [adjective] > inevitable uneschewablec1374 unscapablea1382 ineschewable1412 inevitablec1430 intreatable1509 unevitable1539 forcible1574 inextricable1576 unavoidable1577 resistless1590 unshunning1593 unavoided1597 inexorable1600 unpreventablea1601 fatal1605 irrenitible1605 unvoided1612 unescapable1614 shunlessa1616 unshunnablea1616 ineluctable1623 unpreventible1632 undefensablea1642 undeclinable1652 indeclinable1658 ineludible1662 avoidlessa1668 inavoidable1670 infrustrable1677 unhinderable1678 wardless1693 unfrustrable1714 unparryable1770 inescapable1792 inexcludible1817 unproscribable1817 unprecludible1825 undeliverable1843 inevasible1846 scapeless1850 deviceless1851 escapeless1855 unevadable1857 ineliminable1875 inavertible1885 unavertible1897 voidless1908 c1430 Life St. Kath. (1884) 52 My body whyche aftur þe ineuitable lawe of nature abydeth to be resolued in to deþ. ?1518 A. Barclay tr. D. Mancinus Myrrour Good Maners sig. Eii^v What shulde he drede of dethe, it is ineuytable The generall dutye: and trybute of nature. a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) iv. xv. 65 When I should see behinde me Th' ineuitable prosecution of disgrace and horror. View more context for this quotation a1698 W. Row Suppl. in R. Blair Life (1848) (modernized text) x. 212 There was an inevitable necessity laid upon them. 1751 T. Gray Elegy ix. 7 All..Awaits alike th' inevitable hour. 1796 R. Southey Joan of Arc x. 508 [He] then beholds the inevitable shark Close on him open-mouthed. 1838 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece V. xl. 122 A battle became inevitable. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. ii. 10 The conclusion seems inevitable that the mountain is sinking by its own weight. 1879 F. W. Farrar Life St. Paul Pref. p. ix The English version..only requires the removal of errors which were inevitable to the age in which it was executed. 1893 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. I Inevitable..jocularly, customary; usual; as, the inevitable row with the cabman; the inevitable hash for breakfast. 1932 Notes & Queries 6 Feb. 107/1 Illustrations of French wit;..of the ‘inevitable’ phrase, that gift to the world past all praise. 1932 H. Read in H. J. & H. Massingham Great Victorians 400 Patmore, at this stage of his inspiration, was no inevitable poet. 1974 Daily Tel. 4 Jan. (Colour Suppl.) 19/3 Walter Harris was awarded a light diet of prunes, apricots, grapefruit, broth, and the inevitable yoghurt. b. absol. and as n. the inevitable, that which is inevitable, what cannot be avoided or escaped. Also (with an or plural), an inevitable fact, event, truth, etc.; a person who, or thing which, is necessarily chosen or employed. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > necessity > [noun] > inevitability > inevitable fact, event, etc. necessity1600 necessary1818 inevitable1850 must-be1868 1850 T. Carlyle Latter-day Pamphlets iv. 16 Our one interest in such Government is, that it would be kind enough to cease and go its ways, before the inevitable arrive. 1887 J. R. Lowell Democracy & Other Addr. 16 There is no good in arguing with the inevitable. 1888 W. Whitman in Cent. Mag. (1911) Dec. 255/1 Grant was one of the inevitables: he always arrived; he was as invincible as a law. 1901 Westm. Gaz. 24 Apr. 4/2 Here at length are some true inevitables. 1903 Westm. Gaz. 28 Aug. 3/2 After the Canadian Arch it was only an ‘inevitable’ that there should be a rush to the Dominion. 1927 Observer 17 July 9/4 A further twenty volumes of Everyman's Library... The ‘Areopagitica’ was another of the inevitables. 1936 L. C. Douglas White Banners viii. 167 Paul greeted them amiably, exchanged the inevitables with the comely Mrs. Edmunds [etc.]. 1965 Listener 22 July 112/2 It seemed that it was only a matter of time before..the United States would bow gracefully to the inevitable. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.n.c1430
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