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单词 unprintable
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unprintableadj.n.

Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈprɪntəbl/, U.S. /ˌənˈprɪn(t)əbəl/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix1, printable adj.
Etymology: < un- prefix1 + printable adj.
A. adj.
Not fit to be printed; (of language, statements, etc.) too shocking to appear in print; obscene, rude. Also of images, etc.: incapable of being reproduced in print; unsuitable for use in producing prints.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > printing > material to be printed > [adjective] > fit to be printed > not fit to be printed
unpublishablea1670
unproduceable1704
unproduciblea1760
unprintable1830
the mind > language > malediction > [adjective] > strong, sulphurous (of language)
untowen13..
largea1413
thundering1543
viperous1605
luscious1614
peppering1712
rough1750
unquotable1821
sulphurous1828
piercent1829
unrepeatable1831
bituminous1878
sultry1891
unprintable1898
four-letter1923
1830 Age 21 Feb. 60/2 A sham improvisatore held up to the ridicule of society by the excellent but unprintable jeu d'esprit of James Smith.
1880 Amer. Art Rev. 1 522 Not they, the engravers, have chosen to bow down to brush-marks, to blind themselves with what soon will be altogether unprintable work.
1898 Punch 9 July 10/1 What the groom says is unprintable!
1908 in P. Glassgold Anarchy! (2001) 105 The unprinted and unprintable floating literature concerning the marriage of Alice Roosevelt.
1967 M. Glenny tr. M. Bulgakov Master & Margarita xvii. 185 Here the driver said several unprintable words.
2000 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 21 Dec. g3/3 The negatives become warped, waffled and unprintable, and the images are lost.
2003 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 5 Oct. i. 8/1 When Mr. Guest says something critical, Mr. Tudor clubs back with an attack—often crude, and largely unprintable.
B. n. In plural.
1. colloquial. Trousers. Cf. unmentionable n. 1a. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and lower body > [noun] > trousers
trouse1678
trousers1681
kicks1699
trousiesa1713
brogues1748
inexpressibles1790
unmentionable1791
et cetera1794
indescribable1794
kickseys1819
ineffables1823
indispensablesa1828
unimaginable1833
pantaloon1834
pants1835
inexplicables1836
never-mention-'ems1836
unwhisperable1837
results1839
sit-down-upons1839
sit-upons1839
unmentionabilities1840
innominablea1843
unutterables1843
trews1847
round-the-houses1857
unprintable1860
stovepipe1863
sit-in-ems1873
reach-me-downs1877
strides1889
rounds1893
long1898
kecks1900
rammies1906
trou1911
pants1970
1860 W. W. Reade Liberty Hall, Oxon. I. iii. 32 Arrayed in black coat, tie, studs, waistcoat, unprintables.
2. Words, statements, etc., which are too shocking to appear in print; obscenities.
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1921 Weekly Rev. 16 Feb. 158/3 We can not but pray him to put the rest, along with the other unprintables of which he speaks elsewhere, into writing..and to leave it sealed up for the guidance of some future generation.
1967 Daily Herald (Biloxi, Mississippi) 28 Nov. 22/1 A Kentucky fan was sitting behind the New Orleans bench and yelling unprintables at Coach McCarthy.
2009 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 30 Sept. b12/1 He became bored with repetitive questions..and hung a sign around his neck with the words ‘Yes’ and ‘No’ and ‘I don't know’ and a few unprintables.

Derivatives

unˈprintably adv. in a rude or obscene manner.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > printing > material to be printed > [adverb] > in manner not fit to print
unpublishably1860
unprintably1869
1869 London Express 27 Mar. 1/6 An unprintably emphatic assurance that there had not from the first been any intention to interfere officially with the programme of the day.
1895 W. M. Rossetti D. G. Rossetti I. 63 Some phrases which express, in terms unprintably energetic, the writer's disgust at the grossnesses of the scene.
1965 D. Francis Odds Against xi. 153 Jones-boy unprintably told Chico where he could find his coffee.
2013 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 25 Apr. (Culture section) Our hostess is also fabulously, unprintably foul-mouthed.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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adj.n.1830
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