Middle English Dictionary Entry
unsupportāble adj.
Entry Info
Forms | unsupportāble adj. |
Etymology | Prob. from L insupportābilis or OF insupportable with substitution of ME un- pref.(1); cp. supportāble adj. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Unbearably great.
Associated quotations
- c1400 PLove (Hrl 2254)178/15 : Þis is a swetnesse vnseyȝable, a gladnesse vnprisable, & a worshepe vnsupportable [vrr. vnsupposable, vnspecable; L ineffabilis], þat [i] mai calle my god my fadir.