† untrowableadj.
Obsolete.
Unbelievable, incredible.
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the mind > mental capacity > belief > disbelief, incredulity > [adjective] > unbelievable
unlevelyOE
untrowablea1382
incredible1412
unbelievedc1425
inopinable?a1475
unbelievable1548
discredible1580
too good to be true1580
incomprehensible1604
incredulousa1616
intestablea1631
inconceivable1646
unpersuasive1651
inconceptiblea1676
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Esther ii. 15 She was ful semeli, and with vntrouable fairnesse.
1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Judges xx. 5 My wijf traueylynge with vntrowable woodnes of lust.
c1475 Cath. Angl. 394/1 (A.) Vn Trowabylle, incredibilis, incredulus.
1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1903) II. iv. xiv. 99 Þe samyn is na les difficill..þan vntrowabil.
1554 D. Lindsay Dialog Experience & Courteour l. 2760 in Wks. (1931) I Nynus..rasit vp one gret arme.., Quhose nummer bene..vntrowabyll.
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adj.a1382- disseason
- disseat
- disseated
- disseating
- disseats
- dissecate
- dissecation
- dissecret
- dissect
- dissect out
- dissected
- dissected map or picture
- dissectible
- dissecting
- dissecting-clerk
- dissecting-forceps
- dissecting-knife
- dissecting-microscope
- dissecting-room
- dissectingclerk
- dissectingforceps
- dissectingknife
- dissectingmicroscope
- dissectingroom
- dissectings