unmensurableadj.

Brit.

/ʌnˈmɛnʃ(ᵿ)rəb(ə)l/,

/ʌnˈmɛnsjᵿrəb(ə)l/,

/ʌnˈmɛns(ə)rəb(ə)l/, U.S.

/ˌənˈmɛn(t)ʃ(ə)rəb(ə)l/,

/ˌənˈmɛns(ə)rəb(ə)l/, Scottish English

/ʌnˈmɛnʃərəb(ə)l/

Forms: see un- prefix¹ and mensurable adj.; also Scottish pre-1700 onmensurabyll, pre-1700 vnmensurabill.

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, mensurable adj.

Etymology: Apparently < un- prefix¹ + mensurable adj. (although this is first attested later in the relevant sense). Compare immensurable adj., and also earlier unmeasurable adj., immeasurable adj.

Originally Scottish. Now somewhat rare.

Not measurable, immeasurable.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > measurement > [adjective] > measurable > not

unmensurable1513

unmeasurable1582

immeasurable1667

immensurable1715

indimensible1844

1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid x. Prol. 93 Consider quhou he [sc. God] is onmensurabyll; Him, as he is, to knaw thou art not abyll.

a1600 ( W. Stewart tr. H. Boece Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) I. l. 12410 Galdus..Oure auefald freind, oure force and oure defence, Vnmensurabill is thi magnificence.

1648 H. Roborough Doctr. Iustification Cleared ii. x. 32 We take and take not that robe of unmensurable majesty upon us.

1683 W. Cave Ecclesiastici 47 This he cryes out upon as..an unmensurable madness.

1832 W. O. Pughe Dict. Welsh Lang. (ed. 2) I. Anhyfeidr,..unmensurable.

1906 Zeitschrift f. Psychologie 43 303 Vague, general, unmensurable psychic constituents, like the imagination or judgment.

1997 Libya Antiqua New Ser. 3 12 An unmensurable amount of data gets lost.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	unmensurable
释义	unmensurableadj. Brit. /ʌnˈmɛnʃ(ᵿ)rəb(ə)l/, /ʌnˈmɛnsjᵿrəb(ə)l/, /ʌnˈmɛns(ə)rəb(ə)l/, U.S. /ˌənˈmɛn(t)ʃ(ə)rəb(ə)l/, /ˌənˈmɛns(ə)rəb(ə)l/, Scottish English /ʌnˈmɛnʃərəb(ə)l/ Forms: see un- prefix¹ and mensurable adj.; also Scottish pre-1700 onmensurabyll, pre-1700 vnmensurabill. Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, mensurable adj. Etymology: Apparently < un- prefix¹ + mensurable adj. (although this is first attested later in the relevant sense). Compare immensurable adj., and also earlier unmeasurable adj., immeasurable adj. Originally Scottish. Now somewhat rare. Not measurable, immeasurable. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > [adjective] > measurable > not unmensurable1513 unmeasurable1582 immeasurable1667 immensurable1715 indimensible1844 1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid x. Prol. 93 Consider quhou he [sc. God] is onmensurabyll; Him, as he is, to knaw thou art not abyll. a1600 ( W. Stewart tr. H. Boece Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) I. l. 12410 Galdus..Oure auefald freind, oure force and oure defence, Vnmensurabill is thi magnificence. 1648 H. Roborough Doctr. Iustification Cleared ii. x. 32 We take and take not that robe of unmensurable majesty upon us. 1683 W. Cave Ecclesiastici 47 This he cryes out upon as..an unmensurable madness. 1832 W. O. Pughe Dict. Welsh Lang. (ed. 2) I. Anhyfeidr,..unmensurable. 1906 Zeitschrift f. Psychologie 43 303 Vague, general, unmensurable psychic constituents, like the imagination or judgment. 1997 Libya Antiqua New Ser. 3 12 An unmensurable amount of data gets lost. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1513
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