uncontainable
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From un- + containable.
Adjective
[edit]uncontainable (comparative more uncontainable, superlative most uncontainable)
- That cannot be contained.
- 1866 January 20, “Beethoven's Fourth Symphony”, in Dwight's Journal of Music, volume 25, page 172:
- The uncontainable fire and restlessness of the Allegro is subdued in the Adagio to a sweet, resigned, spiritually sustained mood of melancholy.