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improportionable en · ADJ

Etymology

From im- + proportionable.

Meanings

  1. (obsolete) Not proportionable.
    • I am a Rhinoceros, if I had thought a creature of her symmetry, could have dar'd so improportionable 1600 (first performance), Beniamin Ionson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Cynthias Reuels, or The Fountayne of Selfe-Loue. […]”, in The Workes of Beniamin Ionson (First Folio), London: […] Will[iam] Stansby, published 1616, →OCLC:

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most improportionable Degree=Sup lexicographic
more improportionable Degree=Cmp lexicographic