irrepressibleadj.n.

/ɪrɪˈprɛsɪb(ə)l/

Etymology: < ir- prefix² + repress n. + -ible suffix. Compare French irrépressible (admitted by the Academy in 1878).

A. adj.

Not repressible; that cannot be repressed, restrained, or put down; irrestrainable. (Of persons, often more or less humorous.)

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > cheerfulness > [adjective] > irrepressible

irrepressible1811

uncrushable1873

Tigger-like1974

society > authority > lack of subjection > unruliness > [adjective] > uncontrollable or ungovernable

steerlessc888

rebelc1400

untemperable?1571

effrenated1587

incontrollable1605

unrepressable1607

commandless1609

unmasterable1618

masterless1619

effrenable1621

uncontrollable1648

unrulable1672

ungovernable1673

governless1679

unrepressible1776

incoercible1804

irrepressible1811

bronco1866

intemperable1898

society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > freedom of action or from restraint > [adjective] > unrestrainable

irrefrenable1546

unrestrainable1609

uncurbablea1616

undetainablea1631

irrestrainable1643

uncogible1646

unligable1655

unconstrainable1659

irrepressible1811

incompressible1823

uncheckable1836

unchainablea1849

1811 J. Austen Sense & Sensibility III. ix. 198 His was an involuntary confidence, an irrepressible effusion.

1818 in H. J. Todd Johnson's Dict. Eng. Lang.

1828 T. Carlyle Burns in Crit. & Misc. Ess. (1872) II. 5 Impelled by the expansive movement of his own irrepressible soul.

1830 J. F. W. Herschel Prelim. Disc. Study Nat. Philos. 347 That irrepressible thirst after knowledge, which in minds of the highest order, supplies the absence both of external stimulus and opportunity.

1847 C. Brontë Jane Eyre I. vii. 108 Irrepressible yawns attested her weariness.

1878 R. B. Smith Carthage 4 Wherever a ship could penetrate..there we find these ubiquitous, these irrepressible Phoenicians.

1879 Daily Tel. 17 June The speeches were delivered amid the tumultuous and often unseemly uproar of the irrepressible undergraduates.

1894 H. H. Gardener Unofficial Patriot 278 Shiloh had passed into history, and Grant was famous!.. One more milestone in the devious road was past. One more reef was taken in the irrepressible conflict.

B. n.

An irrepressible person.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > cheerfulness > [noun] > irrepressibility > person

irrepressible1890

1890 Pall Mall Gaz. 15 July 3/2 Love is always the poet's test. Note the original way in which these irrepressibles essay it.

1895 Amer. Missionary (N.Y.) Sept. 304 The..boy being one of those irrepressibles who find it difficult to sit still.

Derivatives

irrepressiˈbility n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > cheerfulness > [noun] > irrepressibility

irrepressibility1867

irrepressibleness1875

1867 Pall Mall Gaz. 1 Mar. 5 His irrepressibility rises to something like heroism.

irreˈpressibleness n. the quality of being irrepressible.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > cheerfulness > [noun] > irrepressibility

irrepressibility1867

irrepressibleness1875

1875 K. S. Macquoid My Story II. xx. 308 Any irrepressibleness or impulsiveness..had been smiled at as ignorance and rawness.

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

单词	irrepressible
释义	irrepressibleadj.n. /ɪrɪˈprɛsɪb(ə)l/ Etymology: < ir- prefix² + repress n. + -ible suffix. Compare French irrépressible (admitted by the Academy in 1878). A. adj. Not repressible; that cannot be repressed, restrained, or put down; irrestrainable. (Of persons, often more or less humorous.) ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > cheerfulness > [adjective] > irrepressible irrepressible1811 uncrushable1873 Tigger-like1974 society > authority > lack of subjection > unruliness > [adjective] > uncontrollable or ungovernable steerlessc888 rebelc1400 untemperable?1571 effrenated1587 incontrollable1605 unrepressable1607 commandless1609 unmasterable1618 masterless1619 effrenable1621 uncontrollable1648 unrulable1672 ungovernable1673 governless1679 unrepressible1776 incoercible1804 irrepressible1811 bronco1866 intemperable1898 society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > freedom of action or from restraint > [adjective] > unrestrainable irrefrenable1546 unrestrainable1609 uncurbablea1616 undetainablea1631 irrestrainable1643 uncogible1646 unligable1655 unconstrainable1659 irrepressible1811 incompressible1823 uncheckable1836 unchainablea1849 1811 J. Austen Sense & Sensibility III. ix. 198 His was an involuntary confidence, an irrepressible effusion. View more context for this quotation 1818 in H. J. Todd Johnson's Dict. Eng. Lang. 1828 T. Carlyle Burns in Crit. & Misc. Ess. (1872) II. 5 Impelled by the expansive movement of his own irrepressible soul. 1830 J. F. W. Herschel Prelim. Disc. Study Nat. Philos. 347 That irrepressible thirst after knowledge, which in minds of the highest order, supplies the absence both of external stimulus and opportunity. 1847 C. Brontë Jane Eyre I. vii. 108 Irrepressible yawns attested her weariness. 1878 R. B. Smith Carthage 4 Wherever a ship could penetrate..there we find these ubiquitous, these irrepressible Phoenicians. 1879 Daily Tel. 17 June The speeches were delivered amid the tumultuous and often unseemly uproar of the irrepressible undergraduates. 1894 H. H. Gardener Unofficial Patriot 278 Shiloh had passed into history, and Grant was famous!.. One more milestone in the devious road was past. One more reef was taken in the irrepressible conflict. B. n. An irrepressible person. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > cheerfulness > [noun] > irrepressibility > person irrepressible1890 1890 Pall Mall Gaz. 15 July 3/2 Love is always the poet's test. Note the original way in which these irrepressibles essay it. 1895 Amer. Missionary (N.Y.) Sept. 304 The..boy being one of those irrepressibles who find it difficult to sit still. Derivatives irrepressiˈbility n. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > cheerfulness > [noun] > irrepressibility irrepressibility1867 irrepressibleness1875 1867 Pall Mall Gaz. 1 Mar. 5 His irrepressibility rises to something like heroism. irreˈpressibleness n. the quality of being irrepressible. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > cheerfulness > [noun] > irrepressibility irrepressibility1867 irrepressibleness1875 1875 K. S. Macquoid My Story II. xx. 308 Any irrepressibleness or impulsiveness..had been smiled at as ignorance and rawness. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2020). < adj.n.1811
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