unvariableadj.
Now rare.
(un- prefix1 1b.)
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the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > [adjective] > unchangeable
unchangeablea1340
immovablec1374
unmovablec1384
immutable1412
unvariablec1425
indeclinable1432
unmutable?a1439
incommutablec1450
irrevocable1490
impermutable1528
irrecoverable1540
inalterable?1541
unreformable1549
inchangeable1583
beyond (also past, without) recall1597
incontrollable1605
invariable1607
unalterable1611
unrecallable1611
untransmutable1611
unreversable1616
involublea1618
irreversible1629
irreducible1633
inconvertible1646
eternal1685
intransmutable1691
unconvertible1700
unvoidable1725
unmodifiable1798
irreformable1812
irrevertible1822
irredeemable1839
true1845
influxible1871
irrevisable1884
intransformable1887
c1425 St. Mary of Oignies ii. vii, in Anglia VIII. 169/40 Þe most souerayn sympyl and vnvaryabil mageste.
c1440 Pallad. on Husb. i. 354 Grauellis dolue in iij naturis vary: In red, & hoor, & blak vnvariable.
1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. i. 5 Wee must imagine..of all these so constant diuersities, one (vnuariable) alwaies like it selfe.
1624 H. Wotton Elements Archit. 8 A steadie and vnuariable light.
1695 J. Collier Misc. upon Moral Subj. 188 It becomes the Greatness of the Deity, to work by the most comprehensive, unvariable Methods.
1741 W. Warburton Divine Legation Moses II. iv. 213 In the fullest and most unvariable Manner.
1759 S. Johnson Prince of Abissinia II. xlviii. 164 She..would gladly be fixed in some unvariable state.
1896 W. M. Thomson tr. E. Renan Leaders of Christian & Anti-Christian Thought 7 To impose a fixed and unvariable creed is to build prison walls round the soul.
Derivatives
unˈvariableness n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > [noun]
unchangeabilityc1400
equability1531
unchangeableness1548
constancy1593
immutability1593
immutableness1610
oneness1611
unvariableness1611
irrevocability1613
unalterableness1620
fixedness1626
irreversiblenessa1631
equableness1641
invariability1644
irrevocableness1649
undiminishableness1653
invariableness1654
incommutability1674
intransmutability1692
inalterability1715
inconvertibleness1727
inchangeability1773
unimprovability1814
irreversibility1824
inconvertibilitya1832
unarbitrarinessa1834
changelessness1840
inadaptability1840
unalterability1847
unvaryingness1851
monotone1856
unmodifiableness1876
unchangingness1878
unchangedness1880
irreformability1883
plateau1897
homoeostasis1926
invariance1939
plateauing1957
1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Inuariabilita, vnuariablenesse.
1644 D. Featley Roma Ruens 7 The immutability of our faith, or unvariablenesse of the doctrine..of the church.
unˈvariably adv.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > [adverb]
ever ylikeOE
stillc1297
unchangeablya1340
in likea1425
unchangingly1435
immutably1601
irrevocably1608
negatively1622
inalterably1631
irreversibly1635
unalterably1643
invariably1646
intransibly1654
influxibly1677
uniformly1682
eternally1694
unvariably1766
unvaryingly1814
changelessly1825
homœostatically1959
terminally1974
1766 Ld. Kames Remarkable Decisions Court of Session 1730–52 13 The real right..continues unvariably the same till the last farthing be recovered.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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