unprizable

English

Etymology

un- + prizable

Adjective

unprizable (comparative more unprizable, superlative most unprizable)

  1. (obsolete) Not prized or valued; without value; not worth capturing.
  2. (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:

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for unprizable in
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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