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incensurable

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English

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Etymology

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From in- +‎ censurable.

Adjective

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incensurable (comparative more incensurable, superlative most incensurable)

  1. Not censurable.
    • 1822, Timothy Dwight, Travels: In New-England and New-York, volume 4, page 414:
      When this license expires, he cannot without being disorderly, continue to preach, unless it is renewed; and it will not be renewed, unless his character continues to be incensurable.
    • 1969, Raghavendra Swamirayacharya Panchamukhi, My Contribution to Indology, page 41:
      Do only such acts as are incensurable and none else.
    • 1975, C. N. Annadurai, Felicitation Addresses of Anna, page xiii:
      Their wealth is blameless and incensurable.
    • 1978, Benjamin C. I. Ravid, Economics and Toleration in Seventeenth Century Venice:
      Anticipating possible criticism of his calculations, Luzzatto expressly concedes that he does not "dare to assert that the above computation is incensurable and incastigable,for political matters are subject to changes and contingencies...

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Adjective

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incensurable (plural incensurables)

  1. incensurable

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