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单词 uncircumscribable
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uncircumscribableadj.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix1, circumscribe v., -able suffix.
Etymology: < un- prefix1 + circumscribe v. + -able suffix. Compare earlier uncircumscriptible adj. and later circumscribable adj. Compare also earlier incircumscriptible adj.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: uncircumˈscribable.
(un- prefix1 1b.)
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the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > infiniteness > [adjective] > that cannot be circumscribed
incomprehensiblea1340
interminablec1374
indeterminable1486
uncompassable?1536
incircumscriptible1550
unlimitable1576
uncircumscriptible1577
immensible1579
illimitable1596
uncircumscribable1608
abyssal1609
unboundable1622
undeterminable1633
indefinible1652
unterminablea1677
exterminable1813
1608 tr. Gregory's Dial. (1874) 216 He is uncircumscribable and invisible.
1698 J. Norris Treat. Several Subj. 395 I do not see how they can make it, or he can call it Uncircumscribable.
a1706 J. Evelyn Hist. Relig. (1850) I. ii. 99 Now, that which was first has no parts or dimensions, and is therefore..uncircumscribable, and immense.
1848 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 3) 202 In so far as worded it is not The entire truth uncircumscribable.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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