Unbrookable

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    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 […]"

Example

More examples

"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 […]"

Etymology

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

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