unprizable
English
Adjective
unprizable (comparative more unprizable, superlative most unprizable)
- (obsolete) Not prized or valued; without value; not worth capturing.
- c. 1601–1602, William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or VVhat You VVill”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act V, scene i]:
- A bawbling vessel was he captain of,
For shallow draught and bulk unprizable;
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- (obsolete) Invaluable; whose value is beyond estimation.
- 1625, Nicholas Breton, Characters and Essayes, Aberdeen: Edward Raban, “A Quyet Woman,” p. 45,
- Shee is a Pearle, that is vnprizable;
- 1725, Henry Baker, “The Petition” in Original Poems: Serious and Humourous, London, for the author, p. 2,
- If in all your boundless Store
- A Blessing so unprizable there be,
- Crown whate’er you gave before
- With a true Friend, full of Sincerity:
- 1625, Nicholas Breton, Characters and Essayes, Aberdeen: Edward Raban, “A Quyet Woman,” p. 45,
References
- unprizable in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
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