Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for IN-TOL'ER-A-BLE
IN-TOL'ER-A-BLE, a. [Fr. from L. intolerabilis; in and tolerabilis, tolero, to bear.]
- Not to be borne; that can not be endured; as, intolerable pain; intolerable heat or cold; intolerable burden.
- Insufferable; as, intolerable laziness.
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