† uncredibleadj.
Obsolete.
1. = incredible adj. 1. (Common c1550–1650.)
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the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > very great > and incredible
uncrediblec1440
incredible1482
fabulous1609
c1440 Wycliffite Bible Judg. xx. 5 (Bodl. 277) Þei han traueilid my wijf wiþ vncredible wodnesse of leccherie.
1482 Monk of Evesham xlix. 98 An oncredyble and inestymable conforte of ioye and plesure.
1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. ccccxxiiijv It is vncredible, with what rebukes & railinges ye people receiued hym.
1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning i. sig. F3 Rarities and reports, that seeme vncredible . View more context for this quotation
1653 H. Holcroft tr. Procopius War with Vandals ii. 47 in tr. Procopius Hist. Warres Justinian A thing seeming difficult, and uncredible to such as have not seen our former actions.
1680 R. Morden Geogr. Rectified 356 Taken by..Mustapha..with an uncredible Slaughter.
2. Incredulous. rare.
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the mind > mental capacity > belief > disbelief, incredulity > [adjective]
unlevefulOE
unleveOE
misbelievedc1225
untristc1374
unlevablea1382
incredulec1550
uncredible1553
incredible1557
incredulous1578
infidel1607
unbelieving1616
inconvincible1674
unconvinced1675
unconvinciblea1747
misbelievinga1845
unconvinceable1875
1553 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Eneados iv. 87 Quhy dois he refuse my wourdis and prayers To lat entyr in hys dul vncredyble [Small vntretable] eris?
Derivatives
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the mind > mental capacity > belief > disbelief, incredulity > [noun] > something unbelievable > state of being unbelievable
uncredibility1486
intestability1590
incredulity1607
incredibleness1611
incredibility1613
unbelievability1851
1486 Bk. St. Albans f vj b An vncredibilitie of Cocoldis.
1565 T. Stapleton in tr. Bede Hist. Church Eng. Pref. to Rdr. f. 9 We see as much vncredibilitie..in the one as in the other.
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the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > extremely or exceedingly > incredibly
incrediblyc1500
incredulous1533
uncredibly1565
inconceivably1651
1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus Incredibiliter,..vncredibly: meruaylously.
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