unmistakableadj.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnmᵻˈsteɪkəbl/, U.S.

/ˌənməˈsteɪkəb(ə)l/

Forms: 1600s– unmistakable, 1600s– unmistakeable.

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

Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + mistake v. + -able suffix. Compare later mistakable adj.

†1. That cannot be mistaken; infallible. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

a1643 Visct. Falkland Reply in Disc. Infallibility (1651) 256 If..Tradition be so sure and infallible, and unmistakable a deliverer, as you would perswade us, how come so manie differences between you.

1696 J. Sergeant Method to Sci. Preface sig. c6 'Tis on these unmistakable Notions all our Science is built.

1740 G. Cheyne Ess. Regimen 335 How necessary, how indispensable, would seem the precise, the limited, the unmistakeable Nature of natural and moral Good and Evil to us, in our present probatory State?

c1808 Coleridge's Lect. 1808–1819 on Lit. (1987) i. 64 The perception of the new Truths, new views given by him so modified by the unmistakable and self-revealed Character of the Teacher.

2. That cannot be mistaken for something or someone else; clearly recognizable; obvious; utterly distinctive or characteristic.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > clearness, lucidity > [adjective]

sutelc897

openeOE

plaina1398

sada1400

familiar1509

facile1531

lightsome1532

well-determined1560

pervial1595

uncurious1601

articulate1603

distinct1609

unmisinterpretablea1631

dilucida1640

limpid1649

dilucidate1651

unmysterious1663

incurious1664

elucidatea1670

accessible1681

distinguished1700

dilucidated1759

unmistakable1822

black and white1838

clear-cut1843

square on1963

1822 Monthly Mag. May 335/2 They are..the most lively, irritable, and fiery, unmistakable sons of the desert.

1840 T. Hood Up Rhine 221 The unmistakeable Roman features of the Centurion.

1874 L. Stephen Hours in Libr. 1st Ser. 289 All these [tales] bear the unmistakable stamp of Hawthorne's mint.

1915 L. M. Montgomery Anne of Island xvi. 161 Suddenly, faint but distinct, sounded an unmistakable mew.

1973 Sci. Amer. Apr. 31/1 There..was an unmistakeable tiny pulse nestling in the valley of..background noise.

2012 G. Duncan Talullah Rising xxi. 131 A silencered bullet went with an unmistakable tch clean through the window.

Derivatives

ˌunmiˈstakableness n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > clearness, lucidity > [noun]

shireness?c1225

plainnessc1475

distinction1589

dilucidity1603

clarity1616

plain English1645

unmistakableness1665

distinctness1668

lucidness1836

unambiguity1842

lucidity1851

luminosity1865

luminousness1873

non-ambiguity1933

drover's dog1983

1665 J. Sergeant Discov. Groundlesness & Insincerity Ld. Down's Dissuasive 264 This unmistakableness confirm'd supernaturally by the concern of the Thing.

1866 A. B. Grosart in Lismore Papers Introd. 13 The frankness and unmistakableness with which facts are given.

2000 R. A. Sharpe Music & Humanism vi. 206 What fascinates me about the music of..Tippett, Shostakovich, Pärt, and Britten is the unmistakableness of their particular voices.

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

单词	unmistakable
释义	unmistakableadj. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnmᵻˈsteɪkəbl/, U.S. /ˌənməˈsteɪkəb(ə)l/ Forms: 1600s– unmistakable, 1600s– unmistakeable. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, mistake v., -able suffix. Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + mistake v. + -able suffix. Compare later mistakable adj. †1. That cannot be mistaken; infallible. Obsolete. ΚΠ a1643 Visct. Falkland Reply in Disc. Infallibility (1651) 256 If..Tradition be so sure and infallible, and unmistakable a deliverer, as you would perswade us, how come so manie differences between you. 1696 J. Sergeant Method to Sci. Preface sig. c6 'Tis on these unmistakable Notions all our Science is built. 1740 G. Cheyne Ess. Regimen 335 How necessary, how indispensable, would seem the precise, the limited, the unmistakeable Nature of natural and moral Good and Evil to us, in our present probatory State? c1808 Coleridge's Lect. 1808–1819 on Lit. (1987) i. 64 The perception of the new Truths, new views given by him so modified by the unmistakable and self-revealed Character of the Teacher. 2. That cannot be mistaken for something or someone else; clearly recognizable; obvious; utterly distinctive or characteristic. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > clearness, lucidity > [adjective] sutelc897 openeOE plaina1398 sada1400 familiar1509 facile1531 lightsome1532 well-determined1560 pervial1595 uncurious1601 articulate1603 distinct1609 unmisinterpretablea1631 dilucida1640 limpid1649 dilucidate1651 unmysterious1663 incurious1664 elucidatea1670 accessible1681 distinguished1700 dilucidated1759 unmistakable1822 black and white1838 clear-cut1843 square on1963 1822 Monthly Mag. May 335/2 They are..the most lively, irritable, and fiery, unmistakable sons of the desert. 1840 T. Hood Up Rhine 221 The unmistakeable Roman features of the Centurion. 1874 L. Stephen Hours in Libr. 1st Ser. 289 All these [tales] bear the unmistakable stamp of Hawthorne's mint. 1915 L. M. Montgomery Anne of Island xvi. 161 Suddenly, faint but distinct, sounded an unmistakable mew. 1973 Sci. Amer. Apr. 31/1 There..was an unmistakeable tiny pulse nestling in the valley of..background noise. 2012 G. Duncan Talullah Rising xxi. 131 A silencered bullet went with an unmistakable tch clean through the window. Derivatives ˌunmiˈstakableness n. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > clearness, lucidity > [noun] shireness?c1225 plainnessc1475 distinction1589 dilucidity1603 clarity1616 plain English1645 unmistakableness1665 distinctness1668 lucidness1836 unambiguity1842 lucidity1851 luminosity1865 luminousness1873 non-ambiguity1933 drover's dog1983 1665 J. Sergeant Discov. Groundlesness & Insincerity Ld. Down's Dissuasive 264 This unmistakableness confirm'd supernaturally by the concern of the Thing. 1866 A. B. Grosart in Lismore Papers Introd. 13 The frankness and unmistakableness with which facts are given. 2000 R. A. Sharpe Music & Humanism vi. 206 What fascinates me about the music of..Tippett, Shostakovich, Pärt, and Britten is the unmistakableness of their particular voices. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1643
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