undrinkableadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈdrɪŋkəbl/, U.S. /ˌənˈdrɪŋkəb(ə)l/ (un- prefix1 1b.)
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > drink > [adjective] > drinkable > not
impotable1608
undrinkable1611
unpotable1686
the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > unsavouriness > [adjective] > undrinkable
impotable1608
undrinkable1611
unpotable1686
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Imbuvable, vndrinkable, vnfit to be drunke of.
1827 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey IV. vi. i. 34 We..refrain from refreshing our bodies with that sanctified and most undrinkable fluid.
1880 A. Geikie Elem. Lessons Physical Geogr. (new ed.) iii. 107 Should he taste some of this..water he would find it salt and undrinkable.
Derivatives
unˈdrinkably adv.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > drink > [adverb] > not
undrinkably1894
the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > unsavouriness > [adverb] > undrinkably
undrinkably1894
1894 Pall Mall Mag. Nov. 455 It [sc. coffee] was not undrinkably bad.
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