Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for IN-SUP-PORT'A-BLE
IN-SU'PER-A-BLYIN-SUP-PORT'A-BLE-NESS
IN-SUP-PORT'A-BLE, a. [Fr. in and supportable.]
- That can not be supported or borne; as, the weight or burden is insupportable.
- That can not be borne or endured; insufferable; intolerable. We say of heat or cold, insult, indignity or disgrace, it is insupportable.
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