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).

单词	unprayable
释义	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). < adj.a1382
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