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Inconsolable

created by Webster 1913

(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) Wed Dec 22 1999 at 0:22:32

In`con*sol"a*ble (?), a. [L. inconsolabilis: cf. F. inconsolable. See In- not, and Console.]

Not consolable; incapable of being consoled; grieved beyond susceptibility of comfort; disconsolate.

Dryden.

With inconsolable distress she griev'd, And from her cheek the rose of beauty fied. Falconer.

-- In`con*sol"a*ble*ness, n. -- In`con*sol"a*bly, adv.

 

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