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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Intolerable \In*tol"er*a*ble\, a. [F. intol['e]rable, L.
intolerabilis. See {In-} not, and {Tolerable}.]
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1. Not tolerable; not capable of being borne or endured; not
proper or right to be allowed; insufferable;
insupportable; unbearable; as, intolerable pain;
intolerable heat or cold; an intolerable burden.
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His insolence is more intolerable
Than all the princes in the land beside. --Shak.
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4. Enormous.
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This intolerable deal of sack. --Shak.
-- {In*tol"er*a*ble*ness}, n. -- {In*tol"er*a*bly}, adv.
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