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单词 unprayable
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unprayableadj.

Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈpreɪəbl/, U.S. /ˌənˈpreɪəb(ə)l/
Forms: see un- prefix1 and prayable adj.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix1, prayable adj.; un- prefix1, pray v., -able suffix.
Etymology: Partly < un- prefix1 + prayable adj., and partly < un- prefix1 + pray v. + -able suffix.
1. That cannot be moved by prayer. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > compassion > pitilessness > [adjective] > inexorable
unprayablea1382
inexorable1553
unentreatable1573
unexorable1577
undispensing1644
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Lament. iii. 42 Wee wickeli diden, and to wrathe terreden; therfore thou art vnpreiable [L. inexorabilis].
2. That cannot be prayed or prayed for.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > worship > prayer > [adjective] > of a prayer: that may be made > not
unprayable1907
1907 Mission Field May 134/1 These hopes are even ‘unprayable’, because we do not know for what we should pray.
1941 T. S. Eliot Dry Salvages ii. 9 The prayer of the bone on the beach, the unprayable Prayer at the calamitous annunciation.
1994 E. C. Vacek Love, Human & Divine vi. 226 Many psalms would be unprayable if it were not permissible to be self-interested.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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