insusceptibleadj.

/ɪnsəˈsɛptɪb(ə)l/

Etymology: in- prefix⁴; perhaps after French insusceptible (16th cent. in Littré).

Not susceptible; not able or apt to receive impressions; not liable to be affected or influenced by something or in some way.

a. Const. of (an action, process, or condition).

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > operation upon something > [adjective] > involving subjection to action or influence > able or liable to be affected > not

superior1566

unsubject1583

unliable1590

insusceptible1603

uncapable1611

unexposeda1691

impassive1715

unsusceptible1734

insusceptive1752

waterproof1797

unsubjectable1829

immune1861

1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 1043 It is not altogether insusceptible of mutation.

1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews I. i. v. 20 You shall never persuade me that your Heart is so insusceptible of Affection.

1822 P. B. Shelley Hellas Pref. p. vii The subject..is insusceptible of being treated otherwise than lyrically.

1899 R. H. Charles Eschatol. x. 378 Souls in Sheol were conceived as insusceptible of ethical progress.

b. Const. to (an influence or agency).

ΚΠ

1808 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 19 197 In others, vaccine inoculation did not take effect; consequently they were not rendered insusceptible to the infection of the small-pox.

1877 L. P. Brockett Cross & Crescent 264 Insusceptible to all those influences..which so powerfully affect most peoples.

1898 M. L. Woods tr. J. Bardoux in 19th Cent. Dec. 1000 The one heavy but energetic, slow but conscientious, hard to imbue with ideas, insusceptible to violent passion.

c. elliptical without construction.

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1830 Fraser's Mag. 1 577 Coarse animal passion and animal craft, at once energetic and insusceptible.

1880 W. MacCormac Antiseptic Surg. 83 This number of insusceptible or, as I may call them, not poisonable people, must be left out of account.

1898 P. Manson Trop. Dis. vii. 142 To remove the entire population of the neighbourhood with the exception of the insusceptible.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	insusceptible
释义	insusceptibleadj. /ɪnsəˈsɛptɪb(ə)l/ Etymology: in- prefix⁴; perhaps after French insusceptible (16th cent. in Littré). Not susceptible; not able or apt to receive impressions; not liable to be affected or influenced by something or in some way. a. Const. of (an action, process, or condition). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > operation upon something > [adjective] > involving subjection to action or influence > able or liable to be affected > not superior1566 unsubject1583 unliable1590 insusceptible1603 uncapable1611 unexposeda1691 impassive1715 unsusceptible1734 insusceptive1752 waterproof1797 unsubjectable1829 immune1861 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 1043 It is not altogether insusceptible of mutation. 1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews I. i. v. 20 You shall never persuade me that your Heart is so insusceptible of Affection. View more context for this quotation 1822 P. B. Shelley Hellas Pref. p. vii The subject..is insusceptible of being treated otherwise than lyrically. 1899 R. H. Charles Eschatol. x. 378 Souls in Sheol were conceived as insusceptible of ethical progress. b. Const. to (an influence or agency). ΚΠ 1808 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 19 197 In others, vaccine inoculation did not take effect; consequently they were not rendered insusceptible to the infection of the small-pox. 1877 L. P. Brockett Cross & Crescent 264 Insusceptible to all those influences..which so powerfully affect most peoples. 1898 M. L. Woods tr. J. Bardoux in 19th Cent. Dec. 1000 The one heavy but energetic, slow but conscientious, hard to imbue with ideas, insusceptible to violent passion. c. elliptical without construction. ΚΠ 1830 Fraser's Mag. 1 577 Coarse animal passion and animal craft, at once energetic and insusceptible. 1880 W. MacCormac Antiseptic Surg. 83 This number of insusceptible or, as I may call them, not poisonable people, must be left out of account. 1898 P. Manson Trop. Dis. vii. 142 To remove the entire population of the neighbourhood with the exception of the insusceptible. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < adj.1603
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