Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Not delectable; unpleasant; unamiable.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective rare Not delectable; unpleasant; disagreeable.

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  • adjective archaic Not delectable; unpleasant; disagreeable.

Etymologies

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in- +‎ delectable

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Examples

  • Then, stiffened and starched [let me add] into dry and indelectable affectation, one sort of these scholars assume a style as rough as frequently are their manners; they spangle over their productions with metaphors; they tumble into bombast: the sublime, with them, lying in words, and not in sentiment, they fancy themselves most exalted when least understood; and down they sit, fully satisfied with their own performances, and call them

    Clarissa Harlowe 2006

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