单词 | unprintable |
释义 | unprintableadj.n. 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. 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. ΚΠ 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). < adj.n.1830 |
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