unovercomableadj.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnəʊvəˈkʌməbl/, U.S.

/ˌənˌoʊvərˈkəməb(ə)l/

Forms: see un- prefix¹ and overcomable adj.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, overcomable adj.

Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + overcomable adj.Apparently re-formed in 20th cent.

That cannot be overcome; insurmountable.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > victory > [adjective] > invincible

insuperablec1340

unvanquishablea1382

unexpugnable1382

invincible1412

unovercomablec1475

unvictable1533

unvincible1554

unvinceable1568

Achillean1579

unconquerable1598

c1475 (c1445) R. Pecock Donet (1921) 160 Þat þe peple were..so obstynat and so vnouercomable and vnaȝendressabli hardid.

1508 W. Dunbar Ballade Barnard Stewart in Poems (1998) I. 178 Welcum, thow campioun in feght wnourcumable.

1653 J. Lilburne Let. 18 Jan. 2 in Revived A strong unovercomable power of the Sword.

1909 Jrnl. Med. Soc. New Jersey 5 579/1 A race of men who could face all its troubles with untroubled hearts—serene, fearless, overcoming and unovercomable.

1941 E. R. Eddison Fish Dinner xiv. 253 You are all firishness and summer lightnings this afternoon. There's something unovercomable underlies it.

1999 C. E. Scott in G. B. Madison & M. Fairbairn Ethics of Postmodernity xiii. 226 An ethics that requires each individual to suffer its own responsibility, its own unovercomeable indebtedness.

2007 D. W. Hall Last Priest 21 It's a problem, but it's just a problem. It's not unovercomable.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	unovercomable
释义	unovercomableadj. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnəʊvəˈkʌməbl/, U.S. /ˌənˌoʊvərˈkəməb(ə)l/ Forms: see un- prefix¹ and overcomable adj. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, overcomable adj. Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + overcomable adj.Apparently re-formed in 20th cent. That cannot be overcome; insurmountable. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > victory > [adjective] > invincible insuperablec1340 unvanquishablea1382 unexpugnable1382 invincible1412 unovercomablec1475 unvictable1533 unvincible1554 unvinceable1568 Achillean1579 unconquerable1598 c1475 (c1445) R. Pecock Donet (1921) 160 Þat þe peple were..so obstynat and so vnouercomable and vnaȝendressabli hardid. 1508 W. Dunbar Ballade Barnard Stewart in Poems (1998) I. 178 Welcum, thow campioun in feght wnourcumable. 1653 J. Lilburne Let. 18 Jan. 2 in Revived A strong unovercomable power of the Sword. 1909 Jrnl. Med. Soc. New Jersey 5 579/1 A race of men who could face all its troubles with untroubled hearts—serene, fearless, overcoming and unovercomable. 1941 E. R. Eddison Fish Dinner xiv. 253 You are all firishness and summer lightnings this afternoon. There's something unovercomable underlies it. 1999 C. E. Scott in G. B. Madison & M. Fairbairn Ethics of Postmodernity xiii. 226 An ethics that requires each individual to suffer its own responsibility, its own unovercomeable indebtedness. 2007 D. W. Hall Last Priest 21 It's a problem, but it's just a problem. It's not unovercomable. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.c1475
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