unquarrellableadj.
/ʌnˈkwɒrələb(ə)l/, /ʌŋˈkwɒrələb(ə)l/, U.S. /ˌənˈkwɔrələb(ə)l/, Scottish English /ʌnkwarəˈleb(ə)l/, /ʌnˈkwarələb(ə)l/ Chiefly Scottish (now historical and rare).
That cannot be quarrelled with; indisputable, incontrovertible; (Scots Law) not liable to be challenged in a court of law (cf. quarrellable adj. at quarrel v. Derivatives).
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > absolute certainty > [adjective]
sickera1400
undoubtingc1400
undoubtablec1425
doubtlessc1440
unsoilablec1449
unwithsayablec1450
undoubtedc1460
indoubted?1467
indubitate1480
undubitate1482
unrepugnablea1500
infallible1526
questionless1532
insoluble1533
irrefragable1533
undoubtful1533
inexpugnablea1535
uncontrolleda1535
undeniable1541
indisputable1551
indoubtable1557
unsoluble1559
uncontrollable1577
infringible1581
irreprovable1581
ungainsaid1587
unquestionable1587
unquarrelled1588
peremptory1589
irrefragatea1592
unrefellable1593
unrefutable1594
controversiless1604
unquestioned1604
undisputable1605
impleadable1606
contradictless1607
unargued1609
unchallengeable1611
uncontroversable1617
ungainsayable1618
irrefutable1620
indeniable1621
undenied1621
incontradictable1624
indenied1624
indubious1625
indubitable1625
undisputeda1627
uncontroversed1634
unchallengeda1639
God-given1642
indisputed1643
unconfutable1643
undubitable1643
incontrollable1646
incontrovertible1646
unquarrellable1646
watertight1647
unquaerable1657
uncontrovertible1664
incontestable1673
inconfutable1679
uncontestable1681
uncontested1683
uncontradictory1698
uncontradictable1707
incontested1712
irrevinciblea1746
contestlessa1750
innegable1772
irrecusable1776
unrebuttable1804
unassailable1830
unimpugnable1832
irrebuttablea1834
unquibbled1860
inarguablea1875
automatic1877
inoppugnable1885
indiscussible1893
indiscutable1933
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica vi. x. 323 There arising unto examination no such satisfactory and unquarrellable reasons. View more context for this quotation
1666 in P. H. Brown Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1909) 3rd Ser. II. 199 The said citation to stand valid and be unquarrelable upon that ground of not laufull citation.
1698 in Sir H. Dalrymple Decisions (1792) 1 It necessarily followed, that the sentence should be final, and unquarrellable.
1777 H. H. Kames Elucidations xxxiii. 262 Possession for forty years without interruption upon a title of property shall give an unquarrelable right.
1848 Rep. Supreme Courts Scotl. 20 321/1 The law presumes that the granter of such a charter, clothed with prescription, had an absolute, good, and unquarrellable right.
1908 Scots Rev. Rep. 987 The sentence is ultimate and unquarrellable.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
<
adj.1646