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unwedgeable

unwedgeable adjective: that cannot be split, as with a wedge.

Adjective

unwedgeable (comparative more unwedgeable, superlative most unwedgeable)

  1. That cannot be split, as with a wedge.
    • Thou rather, with thy sharp and sulphurous bolt,
      Split'st the unwedgeable and gnarled oak[.]c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Measure for Measure”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
    • Strong, tough as the oak-root, and as gnarled and unwedgeable; no fibre of him running straight with the other: a block for Destiny to beat on, for the world to gaze at, with ineffectual wonder!1837, Thomas Carlyle, “Mirabeau”, in London and Westminster Review

Forms of unwedgeable

comparativemore unwedgeable
superlativemost unwedgeable

Origin of unwedgeable

From un- + wedgeable.

Questions about unwedgeable

What does unwedgeable mean?
Unwedgeable means that cannot be split, as with a wedge.
What part of speech is unwedgeable?
Unwedgeable is an adjective.

Words near unwedgeable in the dictionary

  1. unwedded
  2. unweddedness
  3. unwedding
  4. unweddings
  5. unwedge
  6. unwedgeable
  7. unwedged
  8. unwedges
  9. unwedging
  10. unweds
  11. unweed

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