unmentionabilityn.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnˌmɛnʃn̩əˈbɪlᵻti/,

/(ˌ)ʌnˌmɛnʃ(ə)nəˈbɪlᵻti/, U.S.

/ˌənˈˌmɛn(t)ʃ(ə)nəˈbɪlədi/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: unmentionable adj., -ity suffix.

Etymology: < unmentionable adj. + -ity suffix: see -bility suffix.

1. In plural = unmentionable n. 1. Somewhat rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > underwear > [noun]

linenc1330

napery1598

small clothes1625

linings1631

unders1731

underdress1788

unmentionable1791

unexpressible1810

underclothes1824

underclothing1835

unmentionabilities1840

underthings1864

underwear1872

under-gear1883

innerwear1904

scanty1928

smalls1934

long john1941

skivvy1945

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and lower body > [noun] > trousers

trouse1678

trousers1681

kicks1699

trousiesa1713

brogues1748

inexpressibles1790

unmentionable1791

et cetera1794

indescribable1794

kickseys1819

ineffables1823

indispensablesa1828

unimaginable1833

pantaloon1834

pants1835

inexplicables1836

never-mention-'ems1836

unwhisperable1837

results1839

sit-down-upons1839

sit-upons1839

unmentionabilities1840

innominablea1843

unutterables1843

trews1847

round-the-houses1857

unprintable1860

stovepipe1863

sit-in-ems1873

reach-me-downs1877

strides1889

rounds1893

long1898

kecks1900

rammies1906

trou1911

pants1970

1840 New Monthly Mag. 60 373 One whose unmentionabilities are not worth a thought.

1945 S. Spender in Penguin New Writing 23 115 There is an immense gulf between the puritan code of Hawthorne's novel, The Scarlet Letter and the code of unmentionabilities in Dickens.

2006 H. Whitehouse Strictest School in World x. 85 You must risk the unpleasant possibilities of perhaps seeing young ladies in their informalities and unmentionabilities.

2. The fact or quality of being unmentionable.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > taciturnity or reticence > [noun] > unmentionable topic(s) > quality of being unmentionable

unmentionability1848

1848 D. L. Richardson Literary Chit-chat xiii. 125 Refusing to state Byron's actual fault, on the ground of its unmentionability.

1911 G. B. Shaw in C. F. Shaw et al. tr. E. Brieux 3 Plays Pref. p. xiii Their imitators assumed that unmentionability was an end in itself.

c1925 D. H. Lawrence Virgin & Gipsy (1930) i. 12 The children were brought up in this atmosphere of cunning self-sanctification and of unmentionability.

2013 Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 21 Sept. 30 The unmentionability of the c-word and its use as abuse says much about prevailing attitudes to the vagina.

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

单词	unmentionability
释义	unmentionabilityn. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˌmɛnʃn̩əˈbɪlᵻti/, /(ˌ)ʌnˌmɛnʃ(ə)nəˈbɪlᵻti/, U.S. /ˌənˈˌmɛn(t)ʃ(ə)nəˈbɪlədi/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: unmentionable adj., -ity suffix. Etymology: < unmentionable adj. + -ity suffix: see -bility suffix. 1. In plural = unmentionable n. 1. Somewhat rare. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > underwear > [noun] linenc1330 napery1598 small clothes1625 linings1631 unders1731 underdress1788 unmentionable1791 unexpressible1810 underclothes1824 underclothing1835 unmentionabilities1840 underthings1864 underwear1872 under-gear1883 innerwear1904 scanty1928 smalls1934 long john1941 skivvy1945 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and lower body > [noun] > trousers trouse1678 trousers1681 kicks1699 trousiesa1713 brogues1748 inexpressibles1790 unmentionable1791 et cetera1794 indescribable1794 kickseys1819 ineffables1823 indispensablesa1828 unimaginable1833 pantaloon1834 pants1835 inexplicables1836 never-mention-'ems1836 unwhisperable1837 results1839 sit-down-upons1839 sit-upons1839 unmentionabilities1840 innominablea1843 unutterables1843 trews1847 round-the-houses1857 unprintable1860 stovepipe1863 sit-in-ems1873 reach-me-downs1877 strides1889 rounds1893 long1898 kecks1900 rammies1906 trou1911 pants1970 1840 New Monthly Mag. 60 373 One whose unmentionabilities are not worth a thought. 1945 S. Spender in Penguin New Writing 23 115 There is an immense gulf between the puritan code of Hawthorne's novel, The Scarlet Letter and the code of unmentionabilities in Dickens. 2006 H. Whitehouse Strictest School in World x. 85 You must risk the unpleasant possibilities of perhaps seeing young ladies in their informalities and unmentionabilities. 2. The fact or quality of being unmentionable. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > taciturnity or reticence > [noun] > unmentionable topic(s) > quality of being unmentionable unmentionability1848 1848 D. L. Richardson Literary Chit-chat xiii. 125 Refusing to state Byron's actual fault, on the ground of its unmentionability. 1911 G. B. Shaw in C. F. Shaw et al. tr. E. Brieux 3 Plays Pref. p. xiii Their imitators assumed that unmentionability was an end in itself. c1925 D. H. Lawrence Virgin & Gipsy (1930) i. 12 The children were brought up in this atmosphere of cunning self-sanctification and of unmentionability. 2013 Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 21 Sept. 30 The unmentionability of the c-word and its use as abuse says much about prevailing attitudes to the vagina. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1840
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