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unplumbable en · ADJ

Etymology

From un- + plumbable.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Not plumbable; unfathomable.
    • Either because it was a less toxic species, or because by now Doug was growing immunized, or for some other unplumbable reason, in this case the effects were no worse than those from a bee sting. 1988, David Quammen, The Flight of the Iguana: