unconversableadj.

Forms: Also unconversible.

Etymology: un- prefix¹ 1bPrevious versions of the OED give the stress as: unconˈversable.

Unfit or unsuitable for social converse.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > [adjective] > not fit or inclined for society

moy1487

uncompanable1555

inconversable1577

unconversable1593

insociable1598

unsociable1600

dissociable1603

unconversing1643

insocial1654

incommunicative1670

segregative1685

uncommunicative1691

unsocial1731

unamicable1732

uncompanionable1748

dissocial1762

unclubbable?1764

ungregarious1829

lame1942

socially distanced1970

α.

1593 T. Nashe Strange Newes Ep. Ded. I loue and admire thy pleasant wittie humor, which no care or crosse can make vnconuersable.

1681 J. Scott Christian Life: Pt. I iii. 214 In what a miserable state shall we be, when every Member of our Society shall be of the same unconversable Temper with our selves.

1689 J. Collier Moral Ess. conc. Pride 76 What a rugged tempestuous, unconversable Mortal was Achilles.

1728 J. Swift Let. to Carteret 18 Jan. If I had not been confined to my chamber by the continuance of my unconversable disorder [i.e. deafness].

1803 C. Lamb Let. 19 Feb. in Lett. C. & M. A. Lamb (1976) II. 95 Among nasty, unconversable, horse-belching, Tartar people!

β. 1674 Govt. Tongue 158 Nothing rendering a man so unconversible [as pride].1687 London Gaz. No. 2302/2 The Ignorance or unconversible Humor of the Turks.1736 H. Walpole Lett. (1861) I. 9 Great mathematicians have been of great use, but the generality of them are quite unconversible.

Derivatives

unconˈversableness n.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > [noun] > unfitness for social relations

unconversableness1684

1684 S. E. Answer Remarks upon Dr. H. More 315 Contemptuousness, Malepertness against their Betters,..Unconversableness.

1702 S. Parker tr. Cicero Five Bks. De Finibus i. 45 The many..Dangers and Frights that go along with Unconversableness and Solitude.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	unconversable
释义	unconversableadj. Forms: Also unconversible. Etymology: un- prefix¹ 1bPrevious versions of the OED give the stress as: unconˈversable. Unfit or unsuitable for social converse. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > [adjective] > not fit or inclined for society moy1487 uncompanable1555 inconversable1577 unconversable1593 insociable1598 unsociable1600 dissociable1603 unconversing1643 insocial1654 incommunicative1670 segregative1685 uncommunicative1691 unsocial1731 unamicable1732 uncompanionable1748 dissocial1762 unclubbable?1764 ungregarious1829 lame1942 socially distanced1970 α. 1593 T. Nashe Strange Newes Ep. Ded. I loue and admire thy pleasant wittie humor, which no care or crosse can make vnconuersable. 1681 J. Scott Christian Life: Pt. I iii. 214 In what a miserable state shall we be, when every Member of our Society shall be of the same unconversable Temper with our selves. 1689 J. Collier Moral Ess. conc. Pride 76 What a rugged tempestuous, unconversable Mortal was Achilles. 1728 J. Swift Let. to Carteret 18 Jan. If I had not been confined to my chamber by the continuance of my unconversable disorder [i.e. deafness]. 1803 C. Lamb Let. 19 Feb. in Lett. C. & M. A. Lamb (1976) II. 95 Among nasty, unconversable, horse-belching, Tartar people! β. 1674 Govt. Tongue 158 Nothing rendering a man so unconversible [as pride].1687 London Gaz. No. 2302/2 The Ignorance or unconversible Humor of the Turks.1736 H. Walpole Lett. (1861) I. 9 Great mathematicians have been of great use, but the generality of them are quite unconversible. Derivatives unconˈversableness n. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > [noun] > unfitness for social relations unconversableness1684 1684 S. E. Answer Remarks upon Dr. H. More 315 Contemptuousness, Malepertness against their Betters,..Unconversableness. 1702 S. Parker tr. Cicero Five Bks. De Finibus i. 45 The many..Dangers and Frights that go along with Unconversableness and Solitude. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.1593
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