inimicableとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA: /ɪˈnɪ.mɪ.kə.bəl/

形容詞

inimicable (comparative more inimicable, superlative most inimicable)

1. (rare) Synonym of inimical (“harmful, hostile”).
   • 1805, Eugenia de Acton [pseudonym; Alethea Lewis], “Fortune Telling Concluded”, in The Nuns of the Desert; or, The Woodland Witches. […], volume I, London: […] Minerva-Press, for Lane, Newman, and Co. […], →OCLC, page 118:

     Angel incarnate!—as we have heretofore justly denominated thee—woman of virtue, piety, and truth!—guard, strictly guard every avenue to that inestimable storehouse of bliss for man—thy yet untainted heart!—let no envy of even a rival’s beauty; no malice; no hatred; no pride; no self-interest, inimicable to the felicity of others; corrupt thy purity; be, as thou wert intended by thy creator, the ornament; the glory; the fairest of his works!

使用する際の注意点

• Not to be confused with inamicable (“unfriendly or hostile”) or inimitable (“beyond imitation”).

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