单词 | uninhabitable |
释义 | uninhabitableadj. (un- prefix1 1b. Cf. unhabitable adj.) ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > [adjective] > habitable > not undwellablea1382 unhabitablea1382 inhabitablec1400 uninhabitable1448 unhospital1570 unhospitable1612 inhospitable1616 scurrile1632 unreceivable1634 dishabitable1642 disinhabitable1660 untenantablea1661 unliveable1834 1448 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1844) I. 401 The balyheis sal..tak doune the durris..of thaim [sc. houses], and mak thaim uninhabitable. 1574 A. Golding tr. A. Marlorat Catholike Expos. Reuelation 299 The countrie of Sichimie..is desert and vninhabitable by reason of extreme cold. a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) ii. i. 40 Though this Island seeme to be..Vninhabitable, and almost inaccessible. 1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. J. Albert de Mandelslo 281 in Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors They would needs know of him..how he came to that uninhabitable place. 1774 T. Pennant Tour Scotl. 1772 174 The far greater part of the country being uninhabitable by reason of the..mountains. 1837 W. Whewell Hist. Inductive Sci. I. iii. i. 155 It was supposed that the space between the tropical circles must be uninhabitable from heat. 1884 Law Times 27 Sept. 359/2 The Manor House..being so dilapidated as to be almost uninhabitable. Derivatives uninˈhabitableness n. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > [noun] > habitability > not unhabitableness1661 uninhabitableness1669 inhabitability1684 1669 E. Stillingfleet Serm. (1673) ix. 166 The opinion of the Ancients concerning the uninhabitableness of the torrid Zone. 1676 Doctr. of Devils 194 The Uninhabitableness of the middle Zone. 1839 F. A. Kemble Rec. Later Life I. 255 Eight dwelling houses, all in different states and stages of uninhabitableness. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.1448 |
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