Middle English Dictionary Entry
insufferāble adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | insufferāble adj. |
| Etymology | From sufferāble ; also cp. ML insufferibilis. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Unbearably painful, intolerable.
Associated quotations
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)79a/a : Som men..for to do away sich insufferable [*Ch.(2): vnable to be suffrede; L intolerabiles] perforatyuez torcions, boileþ wyne wiþ salte.