unremovableadj.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnrᵻˈmuːvəbl/, U.S.

/ˌənrəˈmuvəb(ə)l/

Forms: late Middle English unremouable, late Middle English vnremouabil, 1500s vnremoouable, 1500s–1600s vnremooueable, 1500s–1600s vnremouable, 1500s–1600s vnremoueable, 1500s–1600s vnremoveable, 1600s unremoovable, 1600s vnremovable, 1600s–1800s unremoveable, 1600s– unremovable; also Scottish pre-1700 onremowable, pre-1700 vnremouabile, pre-1700 vnremouable, pre-1700 vnremovable.

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

Etymology: Originally < un- prefix¹ + remove v. + -able suffix. In later use also < un- prefix¹ + removable adj. Compare earlier unmovable adj., immovable adj., and also irremovable adj.Early forms in -ouable , -ouabil , -ouabile may alternatively show a parallel formation ultimately < un- prefix¹ + remue v. + -able suffix (see etymological note at remue v., and compare remuable adj.); compare slightly earlier Middle English unremuable , in senses ‘(perhaps) not subject to alteration, predetermined’ (in quot. c1450) and ‘fixed, unalterable’ (in quot. a1456):c1450 ( St. Bartholomew (Egerton) in R. Hamer Three Lives from Gilte Legende (1978) 87 Thou reioycest, the sonne of the worlde..that haludest the see by thi goingges vnremuables [L. qui mare meabilibus gressibus sanctificasti],..and reioiest the in [the] gladnesse of ioy withoute ende.a1456 (a1426) J. Lydgate Minor Poems (1934) ii. 675 Þe felnesse of þeyre fierce wyves..is a tourment verray importable, A bonde of sorowe, a knott vnremuwable.

†1. That cannot be moved or changed; steady, fixed, constant; = immovable adj. 2. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > absence of movement > [adjective] > immovable

unstirrablea1340

unmovablea1382

immovablec1440

unremovablec1454

immotable1587

unmoble1594

irremovable1598

unshiftable1890

the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > stability, fixity > [adjective]

truea1225

certain1297

standing1457

surec1475

stable1481

finite1493

resident1525

determinate1526

staid?1541

constantc1550

undiscomfitablea1555

inveterate1563

sound1565

unwanderinga1569

fixed1574

undisturbable1577

wishly1578

unremovable1579

inveterated1597

immoved1599

rigid1610

staple1621

consistent1648

irradicable1728

incoercible1756

hard and fast1822

unstrangulable1824

lockstep1831

statical1853

static1856

flatline1946

c1454 R. Pecock Folewer to Donet 80 (MED) Wheþir schal a man haue mede for þe vertu aloone which ȝe han clepid ‘a sumwhat fixe disposicioun’ or ‘a more fixe’ and, as it were, ‘unremouable habite’.

a1500 Wisdom of Solomon (Cambr. Kk.1.5) in R. Girvan Ratis Raving & Other Early Scots Poems (1939) 177 The erde Remanis euirmare vnremouabile.

1579 W. Fulke Heskins Parl. Repealed in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 476 It still remaineth vnremouable, that a signe and the thing signified, be distinct things.

c1595 Capt. Wyatt in G. F. Warner Voy. R. Dudley to W. Indies (1899) 25 Caryinge soe great a majestie in his march with such unremovable resolucions in his proceedings.

1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear vii. 259 You know..how vnremoueable and fixt he is in his owne Course.

a1642 W. Bedell in T. Fuller Abel Redevivus (1651) 75 He was of an unremoveable Constancy.

1670 I. Walton Life H. Wotton 72 in Lives I..contracted with him an unremovable affection.

1730 Magna Britannia V. 132/2 So unremoveable was the King's Anger.

1856 G. W. Doane Church, for Use: Serm. 6 That ground was unremovable. That pillar was unshaken.

2. That cannot be removed or taken away; = irremovable adj. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > absence of movement > [adjective] > immovable > not able to be removed

unremovable1572

removelessa1593

irremovable1598

inamovable1851

1572 Boyds of Penkill Family Papers No. 60 30 May Thai and thar forsadis salbe vnremovable tennentis of the sadis lands.

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) i. v. sig. D5 He manifested himself an vnremoveable suiter to her daughter.

1614 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. II. O.T. viii. 465 Their nearnesse of abode was an vnremoveable barre of peace.

a1680 J. Corbet Nonconformist's Plea (1683) 25 Unnecessary terms, that are unlawful to them by unremovable doubts of conscience.

a1740 D. Waterland Sec. Def. in Wks. (1823) III. 70 This..left the charge fixed and unremovable upon the Pagans.

1752 T. Carte Gen. Hist. Eng. III. 27 The lord Areskine, his constant and unremoveable guardian.

1803 F. W. Blagdon Paris as it Was II. xlvii. 123 The pretended unremoveable rights.

1894 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 27 Jan. 190/1 The tumor was diagnosed as malignant and unremovable.

1944 Libr. Q. 14 85/1 There was nothing in the way of unremovable dividing walls or other hindrances.

2004 New Yorker 12 Jan. 63/1 After only a day or two of wind-shredding, the micron-thick plastic of a dry-cleaning bag is all but unremovable.

Derivatives

unreˈmovableness n. now rare

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > absence of movement > [noun] > state or quality of being immovable > quality of not being removable

unremovablenessc1454

irremovableness1610

irremovability1828

inamovability1849

c1454 R. Pecock Folewer to Donet 79 (MED) Whanne þis disposicioun is comen into þis now seid degre of stabilnes and of vnremouabilnes, þanne it is clepid an ‘habite’.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Constance,..vnremoueablenesse.

1634 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. Hist. New Test. (STC 12640.5) 276 They bragd of the surenesse of the place, and unremoveablenesse of that load.

1809 H. Hunter tr. J.-H. B. de Saint-Pierre Stud. Nature (ed. 5) IV. 459 To their unremovableness principally the Clergy have been indebted for their authority and their riches.

1873 Papers relating to Foreign Relations U.S. (U.S. Dept. of State) 251 The principle of unremovableness from office is already established here for judicial officers.

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

单词	unremovable
释义	unremovableadj. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnrᵻˈmuːvəbl/, U.S. /ˌənrəˈmuvəb(ə)l/ Forms: late Middle English unremouable, late Middle English vnremouabil, 1500s vnremoouable, 1500s–1600s vnremooueable, 1500s–1600s vnremouable, 1500s–1600s vnremoueable, 1500s–1600s vnremoveable, 1600s unremoovable, 1600s vnremovable, 1600s–1800s unremoveable, 1600s– unremovable; also Scottish pre-1700 onremowable, pre-1700 vnremouabile, pre-1700 vnremouable, pre-1700 vnremovable. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, remove v., -able suffix, removable adj. Etymology: Originally < un- prefix¹ + remove v. + -able suffix. In later use also < un- prefix¹ + removable adj. Compare earlier unmovable adj., immovable adj., and also irremovable adj.Early forms in -ouable , -ouabil , -ouabile may alternatively show a parallel formation ultimately < un- prefix¹ + remue v. + -able suffix (see etymological note at remue v., and compare remuable adj.); compare slightly earlier Middle English unremuable , in senses ‘(perhaps) not subject to alteration, predetermined’ (in quot. c1450) and ‘fixed, unalterable’ (in quot. a1456):c1450 ( St. Bartholomew (Egerton) in R. Hamer Three Lives from Gilte Legende (1978) 87 Thou reioycest, the sonne of the worlde..that haludest the see by thi goingges vnremuables [L. qui mare meabilibus gressibus sanctificasti],..and reioiest the in [the] gladnesse of ioy withoute ende.a1456 (a1426) J. Lydgate Minor Poems (1934) ii. 675 Þe felnesse of þeyre fierce wyves..is a tourment verray importable, A bonde of sorowe, a knott vnremuwable. †1. That cannot be moved or changed; steady, fixed, constant; = immovable adj. 2. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > absence of movement > [adjective] > immovable unstirrablea1340 unmovablea1382 immovablec1440 unremovablec1454 immotable1587 unmoble1594 irremovable1598 unshiftable1890 the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > stability, fixity > [adjective] truea1225 certain1297 standing1457 surec1475 stable1481 finite1493 resident1525 determinate1526 staid?1541 constantc1550 undiscomfitablea1555 inveterate1563 sound1565 unwanderinga1569 fixed1574 undisturbable1577 wishly1578 unremovable1579 inveterated1597 immoved1599 rigid1610 staple1621 consistent1648 irradicable1728 incoercible1756 hard and fast1822 unstrangulable1824 lockstep1831 statical1853 static1856 flatline1946 c1454 R. Pecock Folewer to Donet 80 (MED) Wheþir schal a man haue mede for þe vertu aloone which ȝe han clepid ‘a sumwhat fixe disposicioun’ or ‘a more fixe’ and, as it were, ‘unremouable habite’. a1500 Wisdom of Solomon (Cambr. Kk.1.5) in R. Girvan Ratis Raving & Other Early Scots Poems (1939) 177 The erde Remanis euirmare vnremouabile. 1579 W. Fulke Heskins Parl. Repealed in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 476 It still remaineth vnremouable, that a signe and the thing signified, be distinct things. c1595 Capt. Wyatt in G. F. Warner Voy. R. Dudley to W. Indies (1899) 25 Caryinge soe great a majestie in his march with such unremovable resolucions in his proceedings. 1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear vii. 259 You know..how vnremoueable and fixt he is in his owne Course. View more context for this quotation a1642 W. Bedell in T. Fuller Abel Redevivus (1651) 75 He was of an unremoveable Constancy. 1670 I. Walton Life H. Wotton 72 in Lives I..contracted with him an unremovable affection. 1730 Magna Britannia V. 132/2 So unremoveable was the King's Anger. 1856 G. W. Doane Church, for Use: Serm. 6 That ground was unremovable. That pillar was unshaken. 2. That cannot be removed or taken away; = irremovable adj. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > absence of movement > [adjective] > immovable > not able to be removed unremovable1572 removelessa1593 irremovable1598 inamovable1851 1572 Boyds of Penkill Family Papers No. 60 30 May Thai and thar forsadis salbe vnremovable tennentis of the sadis lands. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) i. v. sig. D5 He manifested himself an vnremoveable suiter to her daughter. 1614 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. II. O.T. viii. 465 Their nearnesse of abode was an vnremoveable barre of peace. a1680 J. Corbet Nonconformist's Plea (1683) 25 Unnecessary terms, that are unlawful to them by unremovable doubts of conscience. a1740 D. Waterland Sec. Def. in Wks. (1823) III. 70 This..left the charge fixed and unremovable upon the Pagans. 1752 T. Carte Gen. Hist. Eng. III. 27 The lord Areskine, his constant and unremoveable guardian. 1803 F. W. Blagdon Paris as it Was II. xlvii. 123 The pretended unremoveable rights. 1894 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 27 Jan. 190/1 The tumor was diagnosed as malignant and unremovable. 1944 Libr. Q. 14 85/1 There was nothing in the way of unremovable dividing walls or other hindrances. 2004 New Yorker 12 Jan. 63/1 After only a day or two of wind-shredding, the micron-thick plastic of a dry-cleaning bag is all but unremovable. Derivatives unreˈmovableness n. now rare ΘΚΠ the world > movement > absence of movement > [noun] > state or quality of being immovable > quality of not being removable unremovablenessc1454 irremovableness1610 irremovability1828 inamovability1849 c1454 R. Pecock Folewer to Donet 79 (MED) Whanne þis disposicioun is comen into þis now seid degre of stabilnes and of vnremouabilnes, þanne it is clepid an ‘habite’. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Constance,..vnremoueablenesse. 1634 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. Hist. New Test. (STC 12640.5) 276 They bragd of the surenesse of the place, and unremoveablenesse of that load. 1809 H. Hunter tr. J.-H. B. de Saint-Pierre Stud. Nature (ed. 5) IV. 459 To their unremovableness principally the Clergy have been indebted for their authority and their riches. 1873 Papers relating to Foreign Relations U.S. (U.S. Dept. of State) 251 The principle of unremovableness from office is already established here for judicial officers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.c1454
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