unprizable
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Adjective[edit]
unprizable (comparative more unprizable, superlative most unprizable)
- (obsolete) Not prized or valued; without value; not worth capturing.
- c. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:
- A bawbling vessel was he captain of,
For shallow draught and bulk unprizable;
- (obsolete) Invaluable; whose value is beyond estimation.
- 1625, Nicholas Breton, Characters and Essayes, Aberdeen: Edward Raban, “A Quyet Woman,” p. 45,[1]
- Shee is a Pearle, that is vnprizable;
- 1725, Henry Baker, “The Petition”, in Original Poems: Serious and Humourous[2], London: for the author, page 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:
- 1625, Nicholas Breton, Characters and Essayes, Aberdeen: Edward Raban, “A Quyet Woman,” p. 45,[1]
References[edit]
- “unprizable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.