See unimitable on Wiktionary
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{ "etymology_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "un", "3": "imitable" }, "expansion": "un- + imitable", "name": "prefix" } ], "etymology_text": "From un- + imitable.", "forms": [ { "form": "more unimitable", "tags": [ "comparative" ] }, { "form": "most unimitable", "tags": [ "superlative" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": {}, "expansion": "unimitable (comparative more unimitable, superlative most unimitable)", "name": "en-adj" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "adj", "senses": [ { "categories": [ "English adjectives", "English entries with incorrect language header", "English lemmas", "English terms prefixed with un-", "English terms with quotations", "Entries with translation boxes", "Pages with 1 entry", "Pages with entries", "Terms with Finnish translations" ], "examples": [ { "ref": "1825, Samuel Johnson, The Works of Samuel Johnson in Nine Volumes:", "text": "But Falstaff, unimitated, unimitable Falstaff, how shall I describe thee! thou compound of sense and vice; of sense which may be admired, but not esteemed; of vice which may be despised, but hardly detested.", "type": "quote" }, { "ref": "1915, Aphra Behn, The Works of Aphra Behn, Vol. I (of 6):", "text": "[…]I have seen a man the most severe of Johnson's Sect, sit with his Hat remov'd less than a hair's breadth from one sullen posture for almost three hours at The Alchymist; who at that excellent Play of Harry the Fourth (which yet I hope is far enough from Farce) hath very hardly kept his Doublet whole; but affectation hath always had a greater share both in the action and discourse of men than truth and judgement have; and for our Modern ones, except our most unimitable Laureat, I dare to say I know of none that write at such a formidable rate, but that a woman may well hope to reach their greatest heights.", "type": "quote" } ], "glosses": [ "That cannot be imitated." ], "links": [ [ "imitate", "imitate" ] ] } ], "translations": [ { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "that cannot be imitated", "word": "jäljittelemätön" } ], "word": "unimitable" }
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