insuperableadj.n.

/ɪnˈsjuːpərəb(ə)l/

Etymology: < Latin insuperābilis, < in- (in- prefix⁴) + superābilis, < superāre to overcome, surmount. Compare obsolete French insuperable (14th cent. in Godefroy, and still in Cotgrave 1611), which was perhaps in part the immediate source.

A. adj.

†1. That cannot be overcome or vanquished; unconquerable, invincible. Obsolete or merged in sense A. 3.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > victory > [adjective] > invincible

insuperablec1340

unvanquishablea1382

unexpugnable1382

invincible1412

unovercomablec1475

unvictable1533

unvincible1554

unvinceable1568

Achillean1579

unconquerable1598

the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > [adjective] > not overcome or overwhelmed > that cannot be

insuperablec1340

unvanquishablea1382

unexpugnable1382

invincible1482

unsuperable1526

inexpugnablea1535

unvincible1554

impugnable1570

conquerless1595

invictivea1607

inaccessible?1611

unsubduable1611

insuppressivea1616

inexsuperable1623

undefeatablea1640

unconquerable1642

irreducible1858

tower-proof1858

insubduable1866

uncrushable1873

unwinnable1972

c1340 R. Rolle Perfect Living viii, in Wks. (1895) I. 31 Þi luf es Insuperabel, when na thyng þat es contrary til gods lufe ouercomes it.

1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum xvi. xvii. (Tollem. MS.) Þis ston makeþ men insuperable, þat þey may not be ouercome [L. insuperabiles et invictos].

1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos xii. 44 Folke insuperable..and inuyncible in armes.

1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 637 Three hundred thousand fighting men..all invincible soldiers, and appointed with armes insuperable.

1678 R. Cudworth tr. Galen in True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 444 To be able to effect..all those things..argues an insuperable Power.

1737 W. Whiston tr. Josephus Antiq. Jews xi. iii, in tr. Josephus Genuine Wks. 331 Wine is the..most insuperable of all things.

1857 H. H. Wilson tr. Rig-veda III. 26 Insuperable, foe-surpassing, give food to the institutor of this sacrifice.

2. That cannot be surmounted or passed over.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement over, across, through, or past > [adjective] > across > that cannot be crossed

untransible1644

insuperable1660

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > [adjective] > climbing > that may be climbed > not

unclimbablec1540

unmountablec1550

unscalable1579

unascendable1615

insuperable1660

inscalablea1680

unascendible1801

1660 H. More Explan. Grand Myst. Godliness iii. iii. 63 Whether we..admire the height of some insuperable and inaccessible Rock or Mountain.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iv. 138 Over head up grew Insuperable highth of loftiest shade, Cedar, and Pine, and Firr, and branching Palm.

1777 W. Robertson Hist. Amer. I. i. 24 Such an insuperable barrier was placed between the two temperate regions.

1853 J. H. Newman Hist. Sketches (1873) II. i. iv. 202 There is no insuperable gulf between themselves [Christians] and the rest of mankind.

1865 A. C. Swinburne Anactoria in Poems & Ballads 307 The insuperable sea.

3. figurative (from A. 1, A. 2). Of difficulties, hindrances, etc.: That cannot be ‘got over’ or overcome; unconquerable, invincible; forming an impassable barrier to action, insurmountable.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > difficulty > practical impossibility > [adjective] > insuperable

invincible1482

unsuperable1526

unnavigable1609

inexsuperable1623

insuperable1657

insurmountable1696

unsurmountable1701

unreal1965

1657 T. Burton Diary (1828) II. 199 Your debts are insuperable upon you.

1711 R. Cotes Let. in S. P. Rigaud & S. J. Rigaud Corr. Sci. Men 17th Cent. (1841) (modernized text) I. 262 The want of his sight is certainly an insuperable disadvantage to him in several respects.

1744 T. Birch Life Boyle in R. Boyle Wks. (1772) I. p. lxxiii On account of his insuperable disinclination to entering into holy orders.

1819 W. Irving Rip Van Winkle in Sketch Bk. i. 63 The great error in Rip's composition was an insuperable aversion to all kinds of profitable labour.

1856 B. Brodie Psychol. Inq. (ed. 3) I. iv. 129 Having been overcome by a sense of insuperable drowsiness.

1870 F. W. Farrar Families of Speech iv. 164 The difficulties of this kind are insuperable.

4. That cannot be surpassed, ‘beaten’, or excelled; unsurpassable.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or extraordinary > [adjective] > incomparable, unparalleled, or unique

unilicheOE

makelessc1225

unevenlyc1230

peerlessc1330

alonea1382

uncomparablea1382

unoverpassablea1382

solea1398

incomparable1412

sans-peer1426

nonpareilc1450

invincible1509

matchless1530

inimitable1531

unmatchable1544

unmatched1548

unpassable1563

alonely1567

inequivalent1568

mateless1570

unparagonized1578

only1581

fellowlessa1586

unimitablea1586

compareless1590

incompared1590

immatchless1595

unequalized1596

nonsuch1598

paragonless1599

immatchable1601

unparalleled1601

uncompeered1602

unpeered1602

imparalleled1604

unpeerable1604

unrivalled1607

uncompanioned1608

unexampled1610

unsurmountable1611

unsurpassable1611

unparagoned1612

patternless1613

unpatterned1617

unique1618

unparallelable1621

parallelless1622

unmatchless1623

single1633

unexemplifieda1634

unsampleda1638

unequalled1639

imparallel1641

unparallel1645

unseconded1646

unexemplary1649

unaccessional1651

unequalable1659

uncome-at-able1694

rivalless1735

untouched1735

unexcelleda1800

unexceeded1813

sans-pareilly1818

unsurpassed1818

unrivallable1823

unapproachable1834

untranscendeda1849

insuperable1849

unbrothered1853

unapproached1856

insurpassable1859

untouchable1867

hors concours1884

1849 J. Ruskin Seven Lamps Archit. vi. 172 The strength which..maintains its sculptured shapeliness for a time insuperable.

1856 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters III. 172 The perfection of both these passages, as far as regards truth and tenderness of imagination..is quite insuperable.

1878 J. Ruskin Notes Turner's Drawings 9 His most wonderful work in his own special manner,—in the perfect pieces of it insuperable.

B. n.

An insuperable hindrance.Apparently an isolated use.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > difficulty > practical impossibility > [noun] > quality of being insuperable > a difficulty that cannot be solved

insolublea1387

insuperable1782

1782 W. Cowper Let. 11 Nov. (1981) II. 89 All these are so many insuperables in the way.

Derivatives

inˈsuperableness n. = insuperability n.

ΚΠ

1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Insuperableness, invincibleness.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	insuperable
释义	insuperableadj.n. /ɪnˈsjuːpərəb(ə)l/ Etymology: < Latin insuperābilis, < in- (in- prefix⁴) + superābilis, < superāre to overcome, surmount. Compare obsolete French insuperable (14th cent. in Godefroy, and still in Cotgrave 1611), which was perhaps in part the immediate source. A. adj. †1. That cannot be overcome or vanquished; unconquerable, invincible. Obsolete or merged in sense A. 3. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > victory > [adjective] > invincible insuperablec1340 unvanquishablea1382 unexpugnable1382 invincible1412 unovercomablec1475 unvictable1533 unvincible1554 unvinceable1568 Achillean1579 unconquerable1598 the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > [adjective] > not overcome or overwhelmed > that cannot be insuperablec1340 unvanquishablea1382 unexpugnable1382 invincible1482 unsuperable1526 inexpugnablea1535 unvincible1554 impugnable1570 conquerless1595 invictivea1607 inaccessible?1611 unsubduable1611 insuppressivea1616 inexsuperable1623 undefeatablea1640 unconquerable1642 irreducible1858 tower-proof1858 insubduable1866 uncrushable1873 unwinnable1972 c1340 R. Rolle Perfect Living viii, in Wks. (1895) I. 31 Þi luf es Insuperabel, when na thyng þat es contrary til gods lufe ouercomes it. 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum xvi. xvii. (Tollem. MS.) Þis ston makeþ men insuperable, þat þey may not be ouercome [L. insuperabiles et invictos]. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos xii. 44 Folke insuperable..and inuyncible in armes. 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 637 Three hundred thousand fighting men..all invincible soldiers, and appointed with armes insuperable. 1678 R. Cudworth tr. Galen in True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 444 To be able to effect..all those things..argues an insuperable Power. 1737 W. Whiston tr. Josephus Antiq. Jews xi. iii, in tr. Josephus Genuine Wks. 331 Wine is the..most insuperable of all things. 1857 H. H. Wilson tr. Rig-veda III. 26 Insuperable, foe-surpassing, give food to the institutor of this sacrifice. 2. That cannot be surmounted or passed over. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement over, across, through, or past > [adjective] > across > that cannot be crossed untransible1644 insuperable1660 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > [adjective] > climbing > that may be climbed > not unclimbablec1540 unmountablec1550 unscalable1579 unascendable1615 insuperable1660 inscalablea1680 unascendible1801 1660 H. More Explan. Grand Myst. Godliness iii. iii. 63 Whether we..admire the height of some insuperable and inaccessible Rock or Mountain. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iv. 138 Over head up grew Insuperable highth of loftiest shade, Cedar, and Pine, and Firr, and branching Palm. View more context for this quotation 1777 W. Robertson Hist. Amer. I. i. 24 Such an insuperable barrier was placed between the two temperate regions. 1853 J. H. Newman Hist. Sketches (1873) II. i. iv. 202 There is no insuperable gulf between themselves [Christians] and the rest of mankind. 1865 A. C. Swinburne Anactoria in Poems & Ballads 307 The insuperable sea. 3. figurative (from A. 1, A. 2). Of difficulties, hindrances, etc.: That cannot be ‘got over’ or overcome; unconquerable, invincible; forming an impassable barrier to action, insurmountable. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > practical impossibility > [adjective] > insuperable invincible1482 unsuperable1526 unnavigable1609 inexsuperable1623 insuperable1657 insurmountable1696 unsurmountable1701 unreal1965 1657 T. Burton Diary (1828) II. 199 Your debts are insuperable upon you. 1711 R. Cotes Let. in S. P. Rigaud & S. J. Rigaud Corr. Sci. Men 17th Cent. (1841) (modernized text) I. 262 The want of his sight is certainly an insuperable disadvantage to him in several respects. 1744 T. Birch Life Boyle in R. Boyle Wks. (1772) I. p. lxxiii On account of his insuperable disinclination to entering into holy orders. 1819 W. Irving Rip Van Winkle in Sketch Bk. i. 63 The great error in Rip's composition was an insuperable aversion to all kinds of profitable labour. 1856 B. Brodie Psychol. Inq. (ed. 3) I. iv. 129 Having been overcome by a sense of insuperable drowsiness. 1870 F. W. Farrar Families of Speech iv. 164 The difficulties of this kind are insuperable. 4. That cannot be surpassed, ‘beaten’, or excelled; unsurpassable. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or extraordinary > [adjective] > incomparable, unparalleled, or unique unilicheOE makelessc1225 unevenlyc1230 peerlessc1330 alonea1382 uncomparablea1382 unoverpassablea1382 solea1398 incomparable1412 sans-peer1426 nonpareilc1450 invincible1509 matchless1530 inimitable1531 unmatchable1544 unmatched1548 unpassable1563 alonely1567 inequivalent1568 mateless1570 unparagonized1578 only1581 fellowlessa1586 unimitablea1586 compareless1590 incompared1590 immatchless1595 unequalized1596 nonsuch1598 paragonless1599 immatchable1601 unparalleled1601 uncompeered1602 unpeered1602 imparalleled1604 unpeerable1604 unrivalled1607 uncompanioned1608 unexampled1610 unsurmountable1611 unsurpassable1611 unparagoned1612 patternless1613 unpatterned1617 unique1618 unparallelable1621 parallelless1622 unmatchless1623 single1633 unexemplifieda1634 unsampleda1638 unequalled1639 imparallel1641 unparallel1645 unseconded1646 unexemplary1649 unaccessional1651 unequalable1659 uncome-at-able1694 rivalless1735 untouched1735 unexcelleda1800 unexceeded1813 sans-pareilly1818 unsurpassed1818 unrivallable1823 unapproachable1834 untranscendeda1849 insuperable1849 unbrothered1853 unapproached1856 insurpassable1859 untouchable1867 hors concours1884 1849 J. Ruskin Seven Lamps Archit. vi. 172 The strength which..maintains its sculptured shapeliness for a time insuperable. 1856 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters III. 172 The perfection of both these passages, as far as regards truth and tenderness of imagination..is quite insuperable. 1878 J. Ruskin Notes Turner's Drawings 9 His most wonderful work in his own special manner,—in the perfect pieces of it insuperable. B. n. An insuperable hindrance.Apparently an isolated use. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > practical impossibility > [noun] > quality of being insuperable > a difficulty that cannot be solved insolublea1387 insuperable1782 1782 W. Cowper Let. 11 Nov. (1981) II. 89 All these are so many insuperables in the way. Derivatives inˈsuperableness n. = insuperability n. ΚΠ 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Insuperableness, invincibleness. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < adj.n.c1340
随便看	window treatments window trimmer window trimming window unit window veiling window void window wall window washer window washing window weight window winder window work window yield window-based window-bottom window-brace window-broad window-broken window-dress window-dropper window-gaze window-leaf window-light window-like window-mender