inaidable
English
Etymology
Adjective
inaidable (comparative more inaidable, superlative most inaidable)
- (obsolete) Incapable of being assisted; helpless.
- c. 1604–1605 (date written), William Shakespeare, “All’s Well, that Ends Well”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:
- From her inaydible estate: I say we must not
So staine our iudgement, or corrupt our hope,
References
- “inaidable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.