单词 | unperishable |
释义 | unperishableadj.n. A. adj. Not perishable; esp. not subject to significant deterioration or loss of quality over time; = non-perishable adj. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [adjective] > not destroyed > indestructible unquenchablea1382 inextinguible1412 undestroyablea1420 surec1475 inextinguishable1509 undelible1534 unperishable1538 irrefragable1562 inconsumptible1579 inquenchable1583 undefaceable1587 irrefringible1596 insuppressible1610 irrazable1622 unextinguishable1656 imperdible1660 indissolvable1660 indestructible1674 unannihilable1678 undestructible1807 undemolishable1837 unobliteratable1872 uneliminable1876 1538 R. Taverner tr. Erasmus Sarcerius Common Places of Script. iv. f. xi Such officies of tholy ghost shal not cease as be euerlasting, like as him self is euerlasting, & worketh by the euerlasting & vnperishable word. 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Luke iii. f. 33v He that hath throughly conceiued the fyer of charitee & loue vnperishable. 1664 N. Ingelo Bentivolio & Urania: 2nd Pt. vi. 366 The unperishable nature of the Soul. 1677 A. Yarranton England's Improvem. 23 The Moneys will be lent..upon unperishable Commodities. 1712 Spectator No. 537. ⁋7 A contemplation on the unperishable part of his nature. 1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §93 The stone here..was..unperishable by the effects of weather. 1824 W. Godwin Hist. Commonw. I. 425 A king..has an unperishable advantage over a popular assembly. 1858 S. Birch Hist. Anc. Pottery II. 396 The glyptic and graphic arts only exist in their later forms as exercised on unperishable materials. 1907 Indianapolis Sun 20 July 2/2 A half dozen wagon loads of unperishable provisions. 1975 Mind 84 237 A being is said to be a necessary being if he is by nature eternal and unperishable. 2013 Chorley Citizen (Nexis) 20 Nov. All we ask is that the gifts are new and unwrapped, and tins and unperishable foods are within their sell-by dates. B. n. = non-perishable n. Usually in plural. ΚΠ 1912 Evening News 19 Sept. 3/4 In the matter of perishable articles delivery by the railway companies is hastened, and is fairly prompt. But the sorting out of perishables from unperishables involves labour. 1973 J. H. Tobe Living off Land xiii. 67 In the event that you don't ever need the unperishables, they'll always command a higher price when you go to sell them than they did when you bought them. 2010 Tamworth Herald 30 Dec. 34 Alan and I went to Sainsbury's on Tuesday evening to get the unperishables and I got most of what I wanted. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.n.1538 |
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