unsmotherable
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]un- + smotherable
Adjective
[edit]unsmotherable (comparative more unsmotherable, superlative most unsmotherable)
- (figurative) unquenchable
- 1836 March – 1837 October, Charles Dickens, “(please specify the chapter name)”, in The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1837, →OCLC:
- the unsmotherable delight of all the porters and by - standers