inextricableadj.

/ɪnˈɛkstrɪkəb(ə)l/

Etymology: < Latin inextrīcābilis that cannot be disentangled or disengaged, from which one cannot disengage oneself, inexplicable ( < in- (in- prefix⁴) + extrīcāre to extricate v.); perhaps immediately < French inextricable (15th cent. in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter).

1. From which one cannot extricate oneself; esp. so intricate or complicated that no means of exit can be discovered.

a. Of places, esp. a labyrinth or maze. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > place > [adjective] > from which one cannot extricate oneself

inextricable1555

1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 260 It causeth marysshes and quamyres inextricable and daungerous both for horse and man.

1572 J. Bossewell Wks. Armorie ii. f. 49 Of the Labyrynthe, or of th' obscure and inextricable buyldinge which Minos..caused Dedalus..to make.

1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 95 The cuts and channels..winding in and out with a thousand inextricable turnings, inclosed them.

1720 D. Waterland 8 Serm. Divinity of Christ 268 Lest..we..lose our selves in inextricable Mazes.

1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India II. iv. i. 54 A road among the woods which they would have found inextricable.

b. Of a state or condition: That cannot be escaped or got free from.

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

the world > action or operation > difficulty > practical impossibility > [adjective] > from which one cannot be extricated

inextricable1576

unextricable1659

1576 A. Fleming tr. Isocrates in Panoplie Epist. 161 [They] cast themselves..into millions of..daungers in manner inextricable.

1635 T. Jackson Humiliation Sonne of God 74 The crooked by-paths which tend to death, and inextricable misery.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost v. 528 God..ordaind thy will By nature free, not over-rul'd by Fate Inextricable, or strict necessity.

1712 E. Cooke Voy. S. Sea 241 That he should run himself into inextricable Danger by going on.

1858 N. Hawthorne Fr. & Ital. Jrnls. I. 136 The Laocoön..is such a type of human beings, struggling with an inextricable trouble.

a. Of a knot, coil, etc.: That cannot be unravelled, disentangled, or untied. Also transferred.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > condition of being fast bound or firmly fixed > [adjective] > of knots or bands > not loosened or becoming loose > unable to be loosened or undone

insoluble1382

unloosablec1425

inextricable1612

insolvable1652

dissolveless1706

unravellable1754

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > entanglement or entangled state > [adjective] > unable to be untangled

inexplicable1555

untwineable1609

inextricate?1615

inexplicate1623

inextricable1829

irresolvable1886

1612 B. Jonson Alchemist v. iv. sig. M2 To deceiue him..that would breake Such an inextricable tye as ours was.

1728 J. Veneer tr. Compan. Sincere Penitent Pref. 7 Compassed about by the strongest and most inextricable bonds of iniquity.

1829 W. Scott Guy Mannering (new ed.) I. Introd. p. xiii The knot of the accursed sophistry became more inextricable in appearance, at least to the prey whom its meshes surrounded.

b. Of a grasp: That cannot be loosened or detached.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > absence of movement > hold or holding > [adjective] > having a firm grip of the hand > that cannot be loosened or detached (of a grasp)

inextricable1842

1842 J. Wilson Recreations Christopher North I. 204 Catching an inextricable hold of every wall they can reach.

†3. Of a problem: Incapable of being solved.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > resolving of problem, solution > [adjective] > incapable of being solved

insoluble1393

unresolvable1604

inextricable1613

indissolvable1637

unriddleable1647

irresolvable1660

unsolvible1664

insolvable1693

unsolvable1821

hen-and-egg1855

indissoluble1868

irresoluble1868

1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 147 The Scribes..in certaine niceties, and scrupulous questions, sometimes inextricable.

1660 T. Willsford Scales Commerce & Trade 138 An exact proportion betwixt the Diameter and Circumference is inextricable to Art.

1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity 215 A Problem too curious to enquire into, but not altogether inextricable.

4. Intricately involved, confused, or perplexed; incapable of being cleared up or put straight.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > entanglement or entangled state > complication or complexity > [adjective] > unable to be put straight

inextricable1655

1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. ii. 124 In this Story there is an inextricable Errour in point of Chronology.

1675 R. Baxter Catholick Theol. ii. i. 157 If this be Nature with you, you cast your self into inextricable difficulties to know what you say.

1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson iii. ix. 394 To embroil his Commander in an inextricable squabble with the Chinese Government.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. ii. 159 The ecclesiastical polity of the realm was in inextricable confusion.

5. Intricate, elaborate, exquisitely wrought. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > [adjective] > artistically executed or ornamented

wrought1455

elaborated1596

conceited1598

elaborate1621

wroughted1656

exact1667

high-wrought1684

inextricable1692

worked1696

fancied1709

high-finished1744

the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [adjective] > having practical, operative, or constructive skill > skilfully made or wrought > and elaborate

curiousc1384

exquisite1561

Daedalian1607

pandaedalian1618

elaborate1621

daedala1649

inextricable1692

Bezaleelian1878

1692 J. Ray Wisdom of God (ed. 2) ii. 93 What force and strength was requisite, there being in them such inextricable perfection [a transl. of Pliny's phrase, inextricabilis perfectio].

1799 H. More Strict. Mod. Syst. Fem. Educ. (ed. 4) I. 34 A net of such exquisite art and inextricable workmanship.

1851 J. Ruskin Stones of Venice I. xxviii. 328 The inextricable richness of the fully developed Gothic jamb and arch.

Derivatives

inˈextricableness n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > entanglement or entangled state > [noun] > condition of being unable to be untangled

inextricableness1624

inextricability1834

roach motel1981

1624 J. Donne Deuotions vi. 122 There is no perplexity in thee, my God; no inextricablenes in thee.

1727 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II

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

单词	inextricable
释义	inextricableadj. /ɪnˈɛkstrɪkəb(ə)l/ Etymology: < Latin inextrīcābilis that cannot be disentangled or disengaged, from which one cannot disengage oneself, inexplicable ( < in- (in- prefix⁴) + extrīcāre to extricate v.); perhaps immediately < French inextricable (15th cent. in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter). 1. From which one cannot extricate oneself; esp. so intricate or complicated that no means of exit can be discovered. a. Of places, esp. a labyrinth or maze. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > [adjective] > from which one cannot extricate oneself inextricable1555 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 260 It causeth marysshes and quamyres inextricable and daungerous both for horse and man. 1572 J. Bossewell Wks. Armorie ii. f. 49 Of the Labyrynthe, or of th' obscure and inextricable buyldinge which Minos..caused Dedalus..to make. 1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 95 The cuts and channels..winding in and out with a thousand inextricable turnings, inclosed them. 1720 D. Waterland 8 Serm. Divinity of Christ 268 Lest..we..lose our selves in inextricable Mazes. 1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India II. iv. i. 54 A road among the woods which they would have found inextricable. b. Of a state or condition: That cannot be escaped or got free from. 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 the world > action or operation > difficulty > practical impossibility > [adjective] > from which one cannot be extricated inextricable1576 unextricable1659 1576 A. Fleming tr. Isocrates in Panoplie Epist. 161 [They] cast themselves..into millions of..daungers in manner inextricable. 1635 T. Jackson Humiliation Sonne of God 74 The crooked by-paths which tend to death, and inextricable misery. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost v. 528 God..ordaind thy will By nature free, not over-rul'd by Fate Inextricable, or strict necessity. View more context for this quotation 1712 E. Cooke Voy. S. Sea 241 That he should run himself into inextricable Danger by going on. 1858 N. Hawthorne Fr. & Ital. Jrnls. I. 136 The Laocoön..is such a type of human beings, struggling with an inextricable trouble. 2. a. Of a knot, coil, etc.: That cannot be unravelled, disentangled, or untied. Also transferred. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > condition of being fast bound or firmly fixed > [adjective] > of knots or bands > not loosened or becoming loose > unable to be loosened or undone insoluble1382 unloosablec1425 inextricable1612 insolvable1652 dissolveless1706 unravellable1754 the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > entanglement or entangled state > [adjective] > unable to be untangled inexplicable1555 untwineable1609 inextricate?1615 inexplicate1623 inextricable1829 irresolvable1886 1612 B. Jonson Alchemist v. iv. sig. M2 To deceiue him..that would breake Such an inextricable tye as ours was. View more context for this quotation 1728 J. Veneer tr. Compan. Sincere Penitent Pref. 7 Compassed about by the strongest and most inextricable bonds of iniquity. 1829 W. Scott Guy Mannering (new ed.) I. Introd. p. xiii The knot of the accursed sophistry became more inextricable in appearance, at least to the prey whom its meshes surrounded. b. Of a grasp: That cannot be loosened or detached. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > absence of movement > hold or holding > [adjective] > having a firm grip of the hand > that cannot be loosened or detached (of a grasp) inextricable1842 1842 J. Wilson Recreations Christopher North I. 204 Catching an inextricable hold of every wall they can reach. †3. Of a problem: Incapable of being solved. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > resolving of problem, solution > [adjective] > incapable of being solved insoluble1393 unresolvable1604 inextricable1613 indissolvable1637 unriddleable1647 irresolvable1660 unsolvible1664 insolvable1693 unsolvable1821 hen-and-egg1855 indissoluble1868 irresoluble1868 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 147 The Scribes..in certaine niceties, and scrupulous questions, sometimes inextricable. 1660 T. Willsford Scales Commerce & Trade 138 An exact proportion betwixt the Diameter and Circumference is inextricable to Art. 1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity 215 A Problem too curious to enquire into, but not altogether inextricable. 4. Intricately involved, confused, or perplexed; incapable of being cleared up or put straight. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > entanglement or entangled state > complication or complexity > [adjective] > unable to be put straight inextricable1655 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. ii. 124 In this Story there is an inextricable Errour in point of Chronology. 1675 R. Baxter Catholick Theol. ii. i. 157 If this be Nature with you, you cast your self into inextricable difficulties to know what you say. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson iii. ix. 394 To embroil his Commander in an inextricable squabble with the Chinese Government. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. ii. 159 The ecclesiastical polity of the realm was in inextricable confusion. 5. Intricate, elaborate, exquisitely wrought. rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > [adjective] > artistically executed or ornamented wrought1455 elaborated1596 conceited1598 elaborate1621 wroughted1656 exact1667 high-wrought1684 inextricable1692 worked1696 fancied1709 high-finished1744 the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [adjective] > having practical, operative, or constructive skill > skilfully made or wrought > and elaborate curiousc1384 exquisite1561 Daedalian1607 pandaedalian1618 elaborate1621 daedala1649 inextricable1692 Bezaleelian1878 1692 J. Ray Wisdom of God (ed. 2) ii. 93 What force and strength was requisite, there being in them such inextricable perfection [a transl. of Pliny's phrase, inextricabilis perfectio]. 1799 H. More Strict. Mod. Syst. Fem. Educ. (ed. 4) I. 34 A net of such exquisite art and inextricable workmanship. 1851 J. Ruskin Stones of Venice I. xxviii. 328 The inextricable richness of the fully developed Gothic jamb and arch. Derivatives inˈextricableness n. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > entanglement or entangled state > [noun] > condition of being unable to be untangled inextricableness1624 inextricability1834 roach motel1981 1624 J. Donne Deuotions vi. 122 There is no perplexity in thee, my God; no inextricablenes in thee. 1727 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1555
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