unprofanableadj.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnprəˈfeɪnəbl/, U.S.

/ˌənprəˈfeɪnəb(ə)l/

Forms: 1600s unprophanable, 1800s– unprofanable.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, profane v., -able suffix.

Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + profane v. + -able suffix. Compare later profanable adj.

That should not or cannot be profaned.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > sacrilege > [adjective] > treated as not sacred > liable to be > not

unprofanablea1641

a1641 R. Montagu Acts & Monuments (1642) 178 Nor did the Romanes..hold any thing so sacred, sanctified and unprophanable, as Sibyll's Oracles.

1835 W. Ball Vigiliæ iv. 158 Things that..sighed in lapses of the wand'ring air, Or unprofanable and sacred lay Stored in my breast.

1905 H. James in N. Amer. Rev. Dec. 831 Some dreamland of old autumns, happily unprofanable now.

2010 J. L. Angel Otherworldly & Eschatol. Priesthood in Dead Sea Scrolls ii. 51 The heavenly temple and its service are perfect and seemingly unprofanable.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	unprofanable
释义	unprofanableadj. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnprəˈfeɪnəbl/, U.S. /ˌənprəˈfeɪnəb(ə)l/ Forms: 1600s unprophanable, 1800s– unprofanable. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, profane v., -able suffix. Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + profane v. + -able suffix. Compare later profanable adj. That should not or cannot be profaned. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > sacrilege > [adjective] > treated as not sacred > liable to be > not unprofanablea1641 a1641 R. Montagu Acts & Monuments (1642) 178 Nor did the Romanes..hold any thing so sacred, sanctified and unprophanable, as Sibyll's Oracles. 1835 W. Ball Vigiliæ iv. 158 Things that..sighed in lapses of the wand'ring air, Or unprofanable and sacred lay Stored in my breast. 1905 H. James in N. Amer. Rev. Dec. 831 Some dreamland of old autumns, happily unprofanable now. 2010 J. L. Angel Otherworldly & Eschatol. Priesthood in Dead Sea Scrolls ii. 51 The heavenly temple and its service are perfect and seemingly unprofanable. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.a1641
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