undwellable
Appearance
Middle English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]undwellable
- uninhabitable; unsuitable for dwelling in
- c. 1382–1395, John Wycliffe [et al.], edited by Josiah Forshall and Frederic Madden, The Holy Bible, […], volume III, Oxford: At the University Press, published 1850, →OCLC, Jeremiah VI:8, page 357, column 1:
- Be taȝt, Jerusalem, lest par auenture go awey my soule fro thee; lest par auenture I sette thee desert, a lond vndwellable.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
References
[edit]- “undwellable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.