单词 | unamenable |
释义 | unamenableadj. (un- prefix1 1b.) ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > [adjective] > resisting rebel1340 resisting?a1425 repugnantc1443 rebela1450 resistentc1450 obstant1486 resistanta1513 reluctant1604 renitent1604 resistive1605 resistful1614 outstandingc1650 withstanding1711 unamenable1771 recalcitrating1870 1771 E. Long Trial of Carter's Dog in W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1827) II. 209 Laws to which he was unamenable. 1827 J. Bentham Rationale Judicial Evid. II. iv. vii. 599 Superior and unamenable power. 1868 Visct. Strangford Sel. Writings (1869) II. 251 Tibet, Afghanistan, and all Indian frontier countries are classed in the same category as unamenable to civilised laws. 1877 H. Taylor Autobiogr. (1885) I. 139 The good easy Chancellor of the Exchequer was overruled by the stout and unamenable Secretary. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1771 |
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