unpraisableadj.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnˈpreɪzəbl/, U.S.

/ˌənˈpreɪzəb(ə)l/

Forms: see un- prefix¹ and praisable adj.

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

Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + praisable adj. With quot. a1500 at sense 2 compare earlier unprizable adj.

rare between 16th and 19th centuries.

1. Unworthy of praise.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > dispraise or discommendation > [adjective] > worthy of dispraise > not praiseworthy

unpraisable?c1475

uncommendable1509

incommendable?1518

unlovablea1525

unlaudable1535

unplausible1563

unpraiseworthy1587

illaudable1589

unlucky1628

inextollible1772

unrecommendable1830

?c1475 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 15562) f. 98^v Vn preysseabyll [1483 BL Add. 89074 vn Praysabylle, illaudabilis].

1851 R. F. Burton Goa xv. 283 On the left hand is the Protestant church of St. Stephens, an unpraisable erection,..so extensive, so well stocked, that it makes one shudder to look at it.

1950 Illustr. London News 12 Aug. 260/1 With a sinking heart I thought it [sc. a novel] would be unpraisable.

2012 G. S. Morson Long & Short of It ii. 56 The ‘rhetorical paradox’ praises something conventionally unpraisable.

2. Beyond praise; inexpressibly praiseworthy. Now rare.

ΚΠ

a1500 Prickynge of Love (Trin. Cambr.) (1983) 178 (MED) Vnpreysable [c1400 Harl. Fadir, þis is a swetnesse vnseyȝable, a gladnesse vnprisable; L. jucunditas inaestimabilis].

1886 A. Lang Lett. to Dead Authors xx. 214 Thou splendid warrior with the world at odds, Unpraised, unpraisable, beyond thy merit.

1921 Hattiesburg (Mississippi) Amer. 12 Oct. 4/1 Everybody knows the unpraisable value of a good woman.

1969 Early Amer. Lit. 4 112 God is unpraisable..because of the untravellable gap between fallen man and God.

†3. Impossible to praise or value (adequately); above valuation. Cf. praise v. II. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. MMMv^v Thou shalt haue inestimable or vnpraysable rychesse.

1598 J. Stow Suruay of London 325 Vessels of gold, and siluer vnpraiseable, and many pretious stones.

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

单词	unpraisable
释义	unpraisableadj. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈpreɪzəbl/, U.S. /ˌənˈpreɪzəb(ə)l/ Forms: see un- prefix¹ and praisable adj. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, praisable adj. Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + praisable adj. With quot. a1500 at sense 2 compare earlier unprizable adj. rare between 16th and 19th centuries. 1. Unworthy of praise. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > dispraise or discommendation > [adjective] > worthy of dispraise > not praiseworthy unpraisable?c1475 uncommendable1509 incommendable?1518 unlovablea1525 unlaudable1535 unplausible1563 unpraiseworthy1587 illaudable1589 unlucky1628 inextollible1772 unrecommendable1830 ?c1475 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 15562) f. 98^v Vn preysseabyll [1483 BL Add. 89074 vn Praysabylle, illaudabilis]. 1851 R. F. Burton Goa xv. 283 On the left hand is the Protestant church of St. Stephens, an unpraisable erection,..so extensive, so well stocked, that it makes one shudder to look at it. 1950 Illustr. London News 12 Aug. 260/1 With a sinking heart I thought it [sc. a novel] would be unpraisable. 2012 G. S. Morson Long & Short of It ii. 56 The ‘rhetorical paradox’ praises something conventionally unpraisable. 2. Beyond praise; inexpressibly praiseworthy. Now rare. ΚΠ a1500 Prickynge of Love (Trin. Cambr.) (1983) 178 (MED) Vnpreysable [c1400 Harl. Fadir, þis is a swetnesse vnseyȝable, a gladnesse vnprisable; L. jucunditas inaestimabilis]. 1886 A. Lang Lett. to Dead Authors xx. 214 Thou splendid warrior with the world at odds, Unpraised, unpraisable, beyond thy merit. 1921 Hattiesburg (Mississippi) Amer. 12 Oct. 4/1 Everybody knows the unpraisable value of a good woman. 1969 Early Amer. Lit. 4 112 God is unpraisable..because of the untravellable gap between fallen man and God. †3. Impossible to praise or value (adequately); above valuation. Cf. praise v. II. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. MMMv^v Thou shalt haue inestimable or vnpraysable rychesse. 1598 J. Stow Suruay of London 325 Vessels of gold, and siluer vnpraiseable, and many pretious stones. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.?c1475
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