unaccountableadj.n.

Brit.

/ˌʌnəˈkaʊntəbl/, U.S.

/ˌənəˈkaʊn(t)əb(ə)l/

Etymology: un- prefix¹ 1b

A. adj.

a. That cannot be accounted for or explained; inexplicable. Also absol.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > unintelligibility > inexplicableness > [adjective]

unplitable?c1425

unexplicable1532

inexplicable1546

subtle1547

irresolute1574

subtile1582

undissoluble1587

incomprehensible1604

unexpoundable1611

unfoldable1611

inexplainable1623

unsalvable1624

uninterpretable1625

indissolvable1637

unaccountable1643

inaccountable1647

unexplainablea1711

undecipherable1757

irresolvable1785

indecipherable1853

unconstruable1856

inconstruable1874

unravellable1881

1643 J. Milton Doctr. Divorce 44 The unaccountable and secret reasons of disaffection between man & wife.

1689 Apol. Failures G. Walker's Acct. Siege of Derry 19 Those unaccounted (but not unaccountable) baffles giv'n to the reliefs sent to Derry.

1709 J. Addison Tatler No. 123. ¶7 Those unaccountable Antipathies which some Persons are born with.

1776 D. Dalrymple Ann. Scotl. I. 9 To this hardy atchievement, an unaccountable inactivity succeeded.

1834 E. Bulwer-Lytton Last Days of Pompeii I. i. v. 95 A sudden and unaccountable gloom came over each as they thus gazed.

1871 E. B. Tylor Primitive Culture I. 4 Where events look unaccountable,..to wait and watch in hope that the key to the problem may some day be found.

1895 A. C. Wilson After Five Years in India 281 The Hindu accounts for the unaccountable by calling it divine.

b. Of persons: Difficult to account for or make out; of a strange or puzzling disposition.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > disposition or character > [adjective] > of strange disposition

unaccountable1711

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > a profound secret, mystery > puzzle, enigma, riddle > [adjective]

riddling1598

uncome-at-able1694

unaccountable1711

mind-bending1952

1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 1. ¶4 I..left the University, with the Character of an odd unaccountable Fellow, that had a great deal of Learning, if I would but show it.

1751 S. Richardson Clarissa (ed. 3) III. lix. 293 Indeed, Mr. Lovelace, you are a very unaccountable man.

a1777 S. Foote Cozeners (1778) ii. 30 The family above..are a strange unaccountable tribe: Pray, who the deuce are they?

1801 M. Edgeworth Angelina i, in Moral Tales II. 2 A self-willed, unaccountable, romantic girl.

1873 ‘Ouida’ Pascarèl II. 240 We Italians are an unaccountable people.

2. Not liable to be called to account; irresponsible:

a. Of power, etc.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > [adjective] > of authority: not liable to be called to account

unaccountable1649

unaccomptible1678

1649 J. Milton Εικονοκλαστης xi. 103 Hee met at first with Doctrines of unaccountable Prerogative; in them hee rested, because they pleas'd him.

1695 J. Sage Cyprianic Age 67 The Acknowledgment of his Supream and Unaccountable Power within his own District.

1724 R. Fiddes Gen. Treat. Morality Pref. p. lxxxiii If man had an unaccountable power..a single tyrant..might lawfully destroy all the rest.

1736 Gentleman's Mag. June 303/2 They have never since made any Demand for the Deficiencies; not that We are to suppose that it is supply'd by the Revenue's being unaccountable.

1861 Ld. Brougham Brit. Constit. (ed. 2) viii. 105 Each estate should have powers independent of all the others, and in the exercise of which it is unaccountable and supreme.

b. Of persons, etc.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > [adjective] > not responsible or accountable

uncountablea1475

intaxable1631

unresponsal1633

irresponsal1637

accountless1649

irresponsible1649

unchargeable1649

unquestionable1649

unresponsible1653

unaccountable1677

irresponsive1884

unanswerable1884

1677 T. Middleton Appendix 31 in J. Spottiswood Hist. Church Scotl. (ed. 4) The King is an absolute and unaccountable Monarch.

1683 Britanniæ Speculum 173 Governed by one Supreme, Absolute, Independent, Undeposable, and Unaccountable Head.

1713 R. Steele in Guardian 14 Mar. 1/2 The abandoned Young Men of the Age are kept safe from Reflection..without tasting the Pleasures for which their Doctrines leave them unaccountable.

1827 R. Pollok Course of Time I. ii. 41 All else was..unaccountable, by instinct led: But man He made of angel form erect.

†3. Incalculable; uncountable. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > enumeration, reckoning, or calculation > [adjective] > innumerable or unreckonable

untellinga1300

unnumberablea1382

unnumerable?a1425

innumberable1434

intellable1537

numberless1573

uncountable1582

innumeral1585

countless1593

incomputable1606

sumlessa1616

unreckonable1647

accountless?1650

unsummable1667

uncomputable1678

unaccountablea1699

unenumerated1799

unenumerable1895

a1699 W. Temple Ess. Pop. Discontents in Miscellanea: 3rd Pt. (1701) 55 It is unaccountable what Treasures it would save this Nation, by preventing so many Wars..abroad.

1722 W. Wollaston Relig. of Nature v. §14 To shew him..still more and more of these fixt lights, and to beget in him an apprehension of their unaccountable numbers.

B. n.

1. An unaccountable person.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > irregularity > unconformity > abnormality > [noun] > oddness > odd person

singularist1593

singularitan1615

queer fellow1712

oddity1731

unaccountable1748

character1773

rum1788

eccentric1832

card1835

card1853

hard case1892

queer shot1900

rummy1909

hard thing1918

hardshot1924

quaint1939

odd bod1942

oddball1943

joker in the pack1963

quirky1975

1748 S. Richardson Clarissa V. xxv. 218 I never heard of, or saw, such a dear unaccountable.

1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words (at cited word)

1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words II. 367 He's quite an unaccountable.

2. An unaccountable thing or event. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > causation > chance or causelessness > [noun] > chance or fortuitous event

adventure?c1225

hapc1275

chancea1300

fortunea1375

accidenta1398

casualtya1513

to-fall1562

withfall1562

casual1566

casuality1574

stour1583

upcasta1616

contingency1620

haphazard1651

contingence1660

unaccountable1789

happen-so1816

happenchance1847

happenstance1857

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > unintelligibility > inexplicableness > [noun] > instance of

indissolvable1661

inexplicable1745

unaccountable1789

inexplicability1814

1789 M. Cutler Jrnl. 28 Sept. in W. P. Cutler & J. P. Cutler Life, Jrnls. & Corr. M. Cutler (1888) I. 448 It was an event, however, I could not fail of recording in my book of unaccountables.

1799 J. West Tale of Times II. 250 It..must be set down in the catalogue of my unaccountables.

1833 R. Dyer Nine Years Actor's Life 66 His non~engagement in London is amongst the unaccountables of metropolitan management.

1961 ‘J. le Carré’ Call for Dead viii. 83 Of all the unaccountables in the case, that worried him most.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	unaccountable
释义	unaccountableadj.n. Brit. /ˌʌnəˈkaʊntəbl/, U.S. /ˌənəˈkaʊn(t)əb(ə)l/ Etymology: un- prefix¹ 1b A. adj. 1. a. That cannot be accounted for or explained; inexplicable. Also absol. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > unintelligibility > inexplicableness > [adjective] unplitable?c1425 unexplicable1532 inexplicable1546 subtle1547 irresolute1574 subtile1582 undissoluble1587 incomprehensible1604 unexpoundable1611 unfoldable1611 inexplainable1623 unsalvable1624 uninterpretable1625 indissolvable1637 unaccountable1643 inaccountable1647 unexplainablea1711 undecipherable1757 irresolvable1785 indecipherable1853 unconstruable1856 inconstruable1874 unravellable1881 1643 J. Milton Doctr. Divorce 44 The unaccountable and secret reasons of disaffection between man & wife. 1689 Apol. Failures G. Walker's Acct. Siege of Derry 19 Those unaccounted (but not unaccountable) baffles giv'n to the reliefs sent to Derry. 1709 J. Addison Tatler No. 123. ¶7 Those unaccountable Antipathies which some Persons are born with. 1776 D. Dalrymple Ann. Scotl. I. 9 To this hardy atchievement, an unaccountable inactivity succeeded. 1834 E. Bulwer-Lytton Last Days of Pompeii I. i. v. 95 A sudden and unaccountable gloom came over each as they thus gazed. 1871 E. B. Tylor Primitive Culture I. 4 Where events look unaccountable,..to wait and watch in hope that the key to the problem may some day be found. 1895 A. C. Wilson After Five Years in India 281 The Hindu accounts for the unaccountable by calling it divine. b. Of persons: Difficult to account for or make out; of a strange or puzzling disposition. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > disposition or character > [adjective] > of strange disposition unaccountable1711 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > a profound secret, mystery > puzzle, enigma, riddle > [adjective] riddling1598 uncome-at-able1694 unaccountable1711 mind-bending1952 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 1. ¶4 I..left the University, with the Character of an odd unaccountable Fellow, that had a great deal of Learning, if I would but show it. 1751 S. Richardson Clarissa (ed. 3) III. lix. 293 Indeed, Mr. Lovelace, you are a very unaccountable man. a1777 S. Foote Cozeners (1778) ii. 30 The family above..are a strange unaccountable tribe: Pray, who the deuce are they? 1801 M. Edgeworth Angelina i, in Moral Tales II. 2 A self-willed, unaccountable, romantic girl. 1873 ‘Ouida’ Pascarèl II. 240 We Italians are an unaccountable people. 2. Not liable to be called to account; irresponsible: a. Of power, etc. ΘΚΠ society > authority > [adjective] > of authority: not liable to be called to account unaccountable1649 unaccomptible1678 1649 J. Milton Εικονοκλαστης xi. 103 Hee met at first with Doctrines of unaccountable Prerogative; in them hee rested, because they pleas'd him. 1695 J. Sage Cyprianic Age 67 The Acknowledgment of his Supream and Unaccountable Power within his own District. 1724 R. Fiddes Gen. Treat. Morality Pref. p. lxxxiii If man had an unaccountable power..a single tyrant..might lawfully destroy all the rest. 1736 Gentleman's Mag. June 303/2 They have never since made any Demand for the Deficiencies; not that We are to suppose that it is supply'd by the Revenue's being unaccountable. 1861 Ld. Brougham Brit. Constit. (ed. 2) viii. 105 Each estate should have powers independent of all the others, and in the exercise of which it is unaccountable and supreme. b. Of persons, etc. ΘΚΠ society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > [adjective] > not responsible or accountable uncountablea1475 intaxable1631 unresponsal1633 irresponsal1637 accountless1649 irresponsible1649 unchargeable1649 unquestionable1649 unresponsible1653 unaccountable1677 irresponsive1884 unanswerable1884 1677 T. Middleton Appendix 31 in J. Spottiswood Hist. Church Scotl. (ed. 4) The King is an absolute and unaccountable Monarch. 1683 Britanniæ Speculum 173 Governed by one Supreme, Absolute, Independent, Undeposable, and Unaccountable Head. 1713 R. Steele in Guardian 14 Mar. 1/2 The abandoned Young Men of the Age are kept safe from Reflection..without tasting the Pleasures for which their Doctrines leave them unaccountable. 1827 R. Pollok Course of Time I. ii. 41 All else was..unaccountable, by instinct led: But man He made of angel form erect. †3. Incalculable; uncountable. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > enumeration, reckoning, or calculation > [adjective] > innumerable or unreckonable untellinga1300 unnumberablea1382 unnumerable?a1425 innumberable1434 intellable1537 numberless1573 uncountable1582 innumeral1585 countless1593 incomputable1606 sumlessa1616 unreckonable1647 accountless?1650 unsummable1667 uncomputable1678 unaccountablea1699 unenumerated1799 unenumerable1895 a1699 W. Temple Ess. Pop. Discontents in Miscellanea: 3rd Pt. (1701) 55 It is unaccountable what Treasures it would save this Nation, by preventing so many Wars..abroad. 1722 W. Wollaston Relig. of Nature v. §14 To shew him..still more and more of these fixt lights, and to beget in him an apprehension of their unaccountable numbers. B. n. 1. An unaccountable person. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > irregularity > unconformity > abnormality > [noun] > oddness > odd person singularist1593 singularitan1615 queer fellow1712 oddity1731 unaccountable1748 character1773 rum1788 eccentric1832 card1835 card1853 hard case1892 queer shot1900 rummy1909 hard thing1918 hardshot1924 quaint1939 odd bod1942 oddball1943 joker in the pack1963 quirky1975 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa V. xxv. 218 I never heard of, or saw, such a dear unaccountable. 1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words (at cited word) 1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words II. 367 He's quite an unaccountable. 2. An unaccountable thing or event. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > chance or causelessness > [noun] > chance or fortuitous event adventure?c1225 hapc1275 chancea1300 fortunea1375 accidenta1398 casualtya1513 to-fall1562 withfall1562 casual1566 casuality1574 stour1583 upcasta1616 contingency1620 haphazard1651 contingence1660 unaccountable1789 happen-so1816 happenchance1847 happenstance1857 the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > unintelligibility > inexplicableness > [noun] > instance of indissolvable1661 inexplicable1745 unaccountable1789 inexplicability1814 1789 M. Cutler Jrnl. 28 Sept. in W. P. Cutler & J. P. Cutler Life, Jrnls. & Corr. M. Cutler (1888) I. 448 It was an event, however, I could not fail of recording in my book of unaccountables. 1799 J. West Tale of Times II. 250 It..must be set down in the catalogue of my unaccountables. 1833 R. Dyer Nine Years Actor's Life 66 His non~engagement in London is amongst the unaccountables of metropolitan management. 1961 ‘J. le Carré’ Call for Dead viii. 83 Of all the unaccountables in the case, that worried him most. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1643
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