unpossibility en · NOUN
Etymology
From un- + possibility.
Meanings
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(archaic, countable, uncountable) Impossibility.
‘It would be a matter of utter unpossibility,’ replied Legs, […] ‘to stow away in my hold even one-fourth part of that same liquor which your majesty has just mentioned.’
1835, Edgar Allan Poe, King Pest:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| unpossibilities | Number=Plur | lexicographic |