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unbrookable

adj

Etymology

From un- + brook + -able; analysable as un- + brookable.

  1. derived from *bʰruHg-✻ — “to enjoy”
  2. inherited from *brūkaną✻ — “to enjoy, use”
  3. inherited from *brūkan✻
  4. inherited from brūcan — “to enjoy, brook, use, possess, partake of, spend”
  5. inherited from brouken — “to use, enjoy”
  6. formed as unbrookable — “un- + brook + -able”

Definitions

  1. Not to be brooked or borne

    Not to be brooked or borne; intolerable.

    • Having keenly felt the degradation of his race, and possibly experienced some outrageous act of injustice, or an unbrookable and unforgivable insult, his flashing eyes are immoveably directed toward the King […]
    • The original document was in what is known as Hanno O’Nonhanno’s unbrookable script, that is to say, it showed no signs of punctuation of any sort.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA