Dictionary

unexceptionable en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti Proto-Italic *kapjō Archaic Latin kapiō Latin capiō Latin excipiō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin exceptiōder. Old French excepcion Anglo-Norman excepciounbor. Middle English exception English exception Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English exceptionable English unexceptionable From un- + exceptionable.

Meanings

1. Beyond reproach; unimpeachable.
   • My turn-out was unexceptionable; men copied my running-shoes; my jacket and trowsers were an admiration; my bat perfection; I was the very picture of a cricketer, but, alas! very little more than a picture. 1860 August 24, “The Demon Bowler”, in The Brant Expositor, volume VIII, number 45, Brantford, Canada West, →ISSN, →OCLC, front page, column 3:

Forms

Deriveds

unexceptionableness · unexceptionably

Relateds

unexceptional

Translations (6)

ro inatacabil (beyond reproach) · ro nereproșabil (beyond reproach) · bg безупречен (beyond reproach) · it ineccepibile (beyond reproach) · ro incontestabil (beyond reproach) · nl onberispelijk (beyond reproach)