unswallowableadj.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnˈswɒləʊəbl/, U.S.

/ˌənˈswɑləwəb(ə)l/

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, swallowable adj.

Etymology: Apparently < un- prefix¹ + swallowable adj. (although this is first attested slightly later).

1. Impossible to accept or endure; (also) impossible to credit, unbelievable. Often in figurative context (see sense 2).

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1817 J. K. Paulding Lett. from South II. xxvii. 76 He talks..of other matters utterly unswallowable, as Doctor Johnson does not say.

1886 Ld. Lytton Lett. (1906) II. xxi. 307 Churchill's ‘Tory Democracy’ they find still more unswallowable.

1911 C. Stockley Claw xi. 233 Snubs are not pleasant fare at the best of times, and I think children's snubs are the most unswallowable.

1968 Economist 14 Dec. 21/1 Shifting to the side of their cheeks some unswallowable differences, they agreed to put up common candidates in 1969's general election.

2002 Evening Standard (Nexis) 7 Nov. 52 Nauseated by its unswallowable cocktail of pretension and arrogance.

2. literal. That cannot be swallowed; impossible to swallow.

ΚΠ

1849 Cottage Gardener 1 48/2 The fibrous, almost unswallowable part of it [sc. the artichoke] known by the name of ‘the choke’.

1889 Outing Aug. 330/2 A bill of fare that was almost unswallowable; but hunger triumphed.

1914 Amer. Jrnl. Surg. 28 167/2 If the coffin-shaped tablet should be chosen.., then let it be superimposed with ‘glass nails’, so that it..would be rendered practically unswallowable.

1964 East Liverpool (Ohio) Rev. 27 Apr. 38/3 Breakaway toys should be made up of large, unswallowable parts.

2012 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 10 Nov. Grey hunks of liver with unswallowable whitish pipes threaded through the centre.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	unswallowable
释义	unswallowableadj. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈswɒləʊəbl/, U.S. /ˌənˈswɑləwəb(ə)l/ Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, swallowable adj. Etymology: Apparently < un- prefix¹ + swallowable adj. (although this is first attested slightly later). 1. Impossible to accept or endure; (also) impossible to credit, unbelievable. Often in figurative context (see sense 2). ΚΠ 1817 J. K. Paulding Lett. from South II. xxvii. 76 He talks..of other matters utterly unswallowable, as Doctor Johnson does not say. 1886 Ld. Lytton Lett. (1906) II. xxi. 307 Churchill's ‘Tory Democracy’ they find still more unswallowable. 1911 C. Stockley Claw xi. 233 Snubs are not pleasant fare at the best of times, and I think children's snubs are the most unswallowable. 1968 Economist 14 Dec. 21/1 Shifting to the side of their cheeks some unswallowable differences, they agreed to put up common candidates in 1969's general election. 2002 Evening Standard (Nexis) 7 Nov. 52 Nauseated by its unswallowable cocktail of pretension and arrogance. 2. literal. That cannot be swallowed; impossible to swallow. ΚΠ 1849 Cottage Gardener 1 48/2 The fibrous, almost unswallowable part of it [sc. the artichoke] known by the name of ‘the choke’. 1889 Outing Aug. 330/2 A bill of fare that was almost unswallowable; but hunger triumphed. 1914 Amer. Jrnl. Surg. 28 167/2 If the coffin-shaped tablet should be chosen.., then let it be superimposed with ‘glass nails’, so that it..would be rendered practically unswallowable. 1964 East Liverpool (Ohio) Rev. 27 Apr. 38/3 Breakaway toys should be made up of large, unswallowable parts. 2012 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 10 Nov. Grey hunks of liver with unswallowable whitish pipes threaded through the centre. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1817
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