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unsmotherable

unsmotherable adjective: unquenchable.

Adjective

unsmotherable (comparative more unsmotherable, superlative most unsmotherable)

  1. (figuratively) unquenchable
    • the unsmotherable delight of all the porters and by - standers1836 March – 1837 October, Charles Dickens, “(please specify the chapter name)”, in The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1837, →OCLC

Forms of unsmotherable

comparativemore unsmotherable
superlativemost unsmotherable

Origin of unsmotherable

From un- + smotherable.

Questions about unsmotherable

What does unsmotherable mean?
Unsmotherable means unquenchable.
What part of speech is unsmotherable?
Unsmotherable is an adjective.

Words near unsmotherable in the dictionary

  1. unsmoothly
  2. unsmoothness
  3. unsmooths
  4. unsmote
  5. unsmother
  6. unsmotherable
  7. unsmothered
  8. unsmothering
  9. unsmothers
  10. unsmudged
  11. unsmug

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