† uncurableadj.

Etymology: un- prefix¹ 1b Compare Middle Dutch oncurable.

Obsolete.

1. = incurable adj. 1. (Common c1400–1650.)

a. Of wounds, diseases, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > characteristics > [adjective] > incurable

incurablea1340

unhealablea1382

uncurable1382

unmedicinable1575

1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Deut. xxxii. 33 Venym of eddres vncurable.

a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Isa. xiv. 6 The ȝerde of lordis, that beet puplis..with vncurable wounde.

a1425 tr. Arderne's Treat. Fistula 4 I afferme noȝt that I miȝt hele al ffistulae in ano, ffor som ben vncurable.

c1450 J. Lydgate Secrees 1425 The tyme dyuerse..sodeynly men schent, be seknessys which be unkurable.

1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. DD Lepry, fransey, and suche other, whiche be in maner vncurable.

1562 W. Turner Bk. Natures Bathes Eng. Pref., in 2nd Pt. Herball Many sore and otherwyse uncurable syknesses.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) iii. i. 286 Send Succours (Lords) and stop the Rage betime, Before the Wound doe grow vncurable .

1622 T. Gataker Spirituall Watch 86 Decay of nature, old age, and some vncureable diseases.

1650 J. Trapp Clavis to Bible (Exod. xv. 26) 47 To an Almightie Physician no diseas is uncurable.

figurative.1625 P. Heylyn Μικρόκοσμος (rev. ed.) 764 Of all surfets, this of forraigne supplies is most vncurable.

b. Of persons. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > [adjective] > in state of ill health or diseased > incurable or uncured

uncurablea1425

unconvalesced1590

uncured1601

unrecruitable1644

unrecovered1682

unrestored1742

a1425 tr. Arderne's Treat. Fistula 1 Sir Adam..made for to aske counsel at all the lechez and cirurgienz that he myȝt fynde... And all forsoke hym for vncurable.

c1440 Gesta Romanorum (Add. MS.) xxxvii. 152 Yit he dothe many synnes ayenst god, and so he is vncurable.

1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. xxxvj^v As al those Romish be vtterly vncurable.

1609 Bible (Douay) I. Deut. xxviii. 35 Be thou uncurable from the sole of thy foote unto the toppe of thy head.

1657 A. Sparrow Rationale Bk. Common Prayer (new ed.) 138 Malice or revenge which makes us unpardonable and uncurable.

1775 in J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang.

2. transferred and figurative. = incurable adj. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > despair, hopelessness > desperate state or condition > [adjective] > of events, actions, etc.

unbootlyc1225

uncurablea1340

bootlessa1375

incurable1377

unremediablea1382

irreparablea1420

irrecuperable1430

unrecuperable?a1439

unrecoverable1461

unrecurable1465

remedilessa1513

remedeless1523

unrecompensablea1530

inemendable1532

immedicable1533

irrecoverablec1540

insanable1547

irremediable1547

irrecurable1548

unredeemable1551

cureless1557

unreparable1568

unrepairable1576

unmendable1584

unrelievablea1586

remedless1590

recurelessa1592

irrepairable1594

unrecovered1598

irremediless1602

unredressable1607

unsalvable1624

unrallied1651

reliefless1677

irrelievable1797

a1340 R. Rolle Psalter cxxxix. 3 Thai hafe..malice vncurabil in þaire hert.

?1545 H. Rhodes Bk. Nurture sig. B.iv An olde man & a yonge woman, to satysfye is vncurable.

1626 in W. Foster Eng. Factories India 1624–9 (1909) 136 Her leake prooved uncureable.

1650 R. Baxter Saints Everlasting Rest (1662) iii. iii. 325 An eternal, absolute, tormenting, uncurable despair.

a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) i. iv. 103 The absurdities and incongruities..are infinite and uncurable.

Derivatives

† unˈcurableness n. Obsolete

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > characteristics > [noun] > incurability

uncurablenessa1425

a1425 tr. Arderne's Treat. Fistula 38 Whiche.. makeþ euermore pronosticacion..als wele of deþ as of vncurablenes.

1651 N. Biggs Matæotechnia Medicinæ Praxeωs ⁋61 The uncurablenesse of diseases.

† unˈcurably adv. Obsolete

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > despair, hopelessness > desperate state or condition > [adverb] > incurably

but recurec1425

remediless?a1525

incurably1529

irrecuperably1535

irreparably1545

uncurably1548

remedilessly1556

desperately1576

irrecoverably1589

irrecompensably1615

irremediably1624

irremediously1659

remedeless1850

curelessly1852

irredressibly1871

1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Luke v. f. 59^v Wheras theim selfes wer euen for this verai poynte vncurably wicked enemies of God.

1644 J. Milton Doctr. Divorce (ed. 2) 16 (heading) A matrimony found to be uncurably unfit.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	uncurable
释义	† uncurableadj. Etymology: un- prefix¹ 1b Compare Middle Dutch oncurable. Obsolete. 1. = incurable adj. 1. (Common c1400–1650.) a. Of wounds, diseases, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > characteristics > [adjective] > incurable incurablea1340 unhealablea1382 uncurable1382 unmedicinable1575 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Deut. xxxii. 33 Venym of eddres vncurable. a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Isa. xiv. 6 The ȝerde of lordis, that beet puplis..with vncurable wounde. a1425 tr. Arderne's Treat. Fistula 4 I afferme noȝt that I miȝt hele al ffistulae in ano, ffor som ben vncurable. c1450 J. Lydgate Secrees 1425 The tyme dyuerse..sodeynly men schent, be seknessys which be unkurable. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. DD Lepry, fransey, and suche other, whiche be in maner vncurable. 1562 W. Turner Bk. Natures Bathes Eng. Pref., in 2nd Pt. Herball Many sore and otherwyse uncurable syknesses. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) iii. i. 286 Send Succours (Lords) and stop the Rage betime, Before the Wound doe grow vncurable . View more context for this quotation 1622 T. Gataker Spirituall Watch 86 Decay of nature, old age, and some vncureable diseases. 1650 J. Trapp Clavis to Bible (Exod. xv. 26) 47 To an Almightie Physician no diseas is uncurable. figurative.1625 P. Heylyn Μικρόκοσμος (rev. ed.) 764 Of all surfets, this of forraigne supplies is most vncurable. b. Of persons. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > [adjective] > in state of ill health or diseased > incurable or uncured uncurablea1425 unconvalesced1590 uncured1601 unrecruitable1644 unrecovered1682 unrestored1742 a1425 tr. Arderne's Treat. Fistula 1 Sir Adam..made for to aske counsel at all the lechez and cirurgienz that he myȝt fynde... And all forsoke hym for vncurable. c1440 Gesta Romanorum (Add. MS.) xxxvii. 152 Yit he dothe many synnes ayenst god, and so he is vncurable. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. xxxvj^v As al those Romish be vtterly vncurable. 1609 Bible (Douay) I. Deut. xxviii. 35 Be thou uncurable from the sole of thy foote unto the toppe of thy head. 1657 A. Sparrow Rationale Bk. Common Prayer (new ed.) 138 Malice or revenge which makes us unpardonable and uncurable. 1775 in J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. 2. transferred and figurative. = incurable adj. 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > despair, hopelessness > desperate state or condition > [adjective] > of events, actions, etc. unbootlyc1225 uncurablea1340 bootlessa1375 incurable1377 unremediablea1382 irreparablea1420 irrecuperable1430 unrecuperable?a1439 unrecoverable1461 unrecurable1465 remedilessa1513 remedeless1523 unrecompensablea1530 inemendable1532 immedicable1533 irrecoverablec1540 insanable1547 irremediable1547 irrecurable1548 unredeemable1551 cureless1557 unreparable1568 unrepairable1576 unmendable1584 unrelievablea1586 remedless1590 recurelessa1592 irrepairable1594 unrecovered1598 irremediless1602 unredressable1607 unsalvable1624 unrallied1651 reliefless1677 irrelievable1797 a1340 R. Rolle Psalter cxxxix. 3 Thai hafe..malice vncurabil in þaire hert. ?1545 H. Rhodes Bk. Nurture sig. B.iv An olde man & a yonge woman, to satysfye is vncurable. 1626 in W. Foster Eng. Factories India 1624–9 (1909) 136 Her leake prooved uncureable. 1650 R. Baxter Saints Everlasting Rest (1662) iii. iii. 325 An eternal, absolute, tormenting, uncurable despair. a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) i. iv. 103 The absurdities and incongruities..are infinite and uncurable. Derivatives † unˈcurableness n. Obsolete ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > characteristics > [noun] > incurability uncurablenessa1425 a1425 tr. Arderne's Treat. Fistula 38 Whiche.. makeþ euermore pronosticacion..als wele of deþ as of vncurablenes. 1651 N. Biggs Matæotechnia Medicinæ Praxeωs ⁋61 The uncurablenesse of diseases. † unˈcurably adv. Obsolete ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > despair, hopelessness > desperate state or condition > [adverb] > incurably but recurec1425 remediless?a1525 incurably1529 irrecuperably1535 irreparably1545 uncurably1548 remedilessly1556 desperately1576 irrecoverably1589 irrecompensably1615 irremediably1624 irremediously1659 remedeless1850 curelessly1852 irredressibly1871 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Luke v. f. 59^v Wheras theim selfes wer euen for this verai poynte vncurably wicked enemies of God. 1644 J. Milton Doctr. Divorce (ed. 2) 16 (heading) A matrimony found to be uncurably unfit. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < adj.a1340
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