unwedgeableadj.

Etymology: un- prefix¹ 1b.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈwedgeable.

Incapable of being split by wedges; uncleavable. In modern use only in echoes of the Shakespeare passage, with a tendency towards the wider meaning ‘very hard, stubborn, or difficult to deal with’: frequently used by Carlyle.

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the world > action or operation > difficulty > types of difficulty > [adjective] > difficult or intractable (of things)

wickc1330

riotous1340

wickeda1352

untreatablec1374

frowarda1400

inobedient1495

stubborn?1518

unwieldya1538

unruly1548

wieldlessa1560

hard1560

untoward1566

tickle1570

churlish1577

unwieldsome1579

rebellious1587

disobedient1588

unframeable1593

unwilling1593

untractable1601

unmanageable1606

intractable1607

surly1609

unwedgeablea1616

dogged1627

uncontrollable1648

obdurate1651

morose1652

uncompliant1659

sullen1678

unpliant1716

ungovernable1773

sulky1867

intractile1880

unwieldly1881

bunglesome1915

a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) ii. ii. 119 Mercifull heauen, Thou rather with thy sharpe and sulpherous bolt Splits the vn-wedgable and gnarled Oke, Then, the soft Mertill.

1827 J. Bentham Rationale Judicial Evid. V. ix. vi. ii. 521 Men, like oaks, are ‘gnarled and unwedgeable’; facts, like deals, are fissile.]

1837 T. Carlyle Crit. & Misc. Ess. (1840) V. 135 He, being unwedgeable, has remained in antiquarian cabinets.

1880 Spectator 5 June 722 Propositions which lie buried in these gnarled and unwedgeable periods.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	unwedgeable
释义	unwedgeableadj. Etymology: un- prefix¹ 1b.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈwedgeable. Incapable of being split by wedges; uncleavable. In modern use only in echoes of the Shakespeare passage, with a tendency towards the wider meaning ‘very hard, stubborn, or difficult to deal with’: frequently used by Carlyle. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > types of difficulty > [adjective] > difficult or intractable (of things) wickc1330 riotous1340 wickeda1352 untreatablec1374 frowarda1400 inobedient1495 stubborn?1518 unwieldya1538 unruly1548 wieldlessa1560 hard1560 untoward1566 tickle1570 churlish1577 unwieldsome1579 rebellious1587 disobedient1588 unframeable1593 unwilling1593 untractable1601 unmanageable1606 intractable1607 surly1609 unwedgeablea1616 dogged1627 uncontrollable1648 obdurate1651 morose1652 uncompliant1659 sullen1678 unpliant1716 ungovernable1773 sulky1867 intractile1880 unwieldly1881 bunglesome1915 a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) ii. ii. 119 Mercifull heauen, Thou rather with thy sharpe and sulpherous bolt Splits the vn-wedgable and gnarled Oke, Then, the soft Mertill. View more context for this quotation 1827 J. Bentham Rationale Judicial Evid. V. ix. vi. ii. 521 Men, like oaks, are ‘gnarled and unwedgeable’; facts, like deals, are fissile.] 1837 T. Carlyle Crit. & Misc. Ess. (1840) V. 135 He, being unwedgeable, has remained in antiquarian cabinets. 1880 Spectator 5 June 722 Propositions which lie buried in these gnarled and unwedgeable periods. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < adj.a1616
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