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unravelable en · ADJ · etymology 1
Etymology
From unravel + -able.
Meanings
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Capable of being unravelled.
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un-unravelable
unravelable en · ADJ · etymology 2
Etymology
From un- + ravel + -able.
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Incapable of being disentangled, of ravelling (fraying or unwinding).
Little or no advance, I regret to say, has as yet been made, amidst, perhaps, almost unravelable perplexities.
1827 April 6, George IV, “[Letter to William Knighton]”, in Lady [Dorothea] Knighton, Memoirs of Sir William Knighton […], published 1838, page 367:In reality, while the utilitarian and ‘end-in-itself’ views may be philosophically distinct they are in fact intertwined in a complex and probably unravellable manner within the various personalities representing the competing views.
1993, Rod Preece, Lorna Chamberlain, Animal Welfare & Human Values, page 126:Now though we can form no precise Idea of the Manner of its Diffusion thro’ the Nerves, or the unravellable Substance of the Brain […]
1754, James Kirkpatrick, The Analysis of Inoculation […], page 73:
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