intolerableness

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intolerableness - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Intolerable \In*tol"er*a*ble\, a. [F. intol['e]rable, L.
     intolerabilis. See In- not, and Tolerable.]
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     1. Not tolerable; not capable of being borne or endured; not
        proper or right to be allowed; insufferable;
        insupportable; unbearable; as, intolerable pain;
        intolerable heat or cold; an intolerable burden.
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              His insolence is more intolerable
              Than all the princes in the land beside. --Shak.
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     4. Enormous.
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              This intolerable deal of sack.        --Shak.
        -- In*tol"er*a*ble*ness, n. -- In*tol"er*a*bly, adv.
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