unexceptionable

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *né

Proto-Indo-European *n̥-

Proto-Germanic *un-

Proto-West Germanic *un-

Old English un-

Middle English un-

English un-

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs

Proto-Italic *eks

Latin ex

Latin ex-

substratebor.?

Proto-Indo-European *kap-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti

Proto-Italic *kapjō

Archaic Latin kapiō

Latin capiō

Latin excipiō

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin exceptiōder.

Old French excepcion

Anglo-Norman excepciounbor.

Middle English exception

English exception

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom

Proto-Italic *-ðlom

Proto-Italic *-ðlis

Latin -bilis

Latin -ābilis

Old French -ablebor.

Middle English -able

English -able

English exceptionable

English unexceptionable

From un- + exceptionable.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

unexceptionable (comparative more unexceptionable, superlative most unexceptionable)

1. Beyond reproach; unimpeachable.
   • 1860 August 24, “The Demon Bowler”, in The Brant Expositor, volume VIII, number 45, Brantford, Canada West, →ISSN, →OCLC, front page, column 3:

     My turn-out was unexceptionable; men copied my running-shoes; my jacket and trowsers were an admiration; my bat perfection; I was the very picture of a cricketer, but, alas! very little more than a picture.

Derived terms

• unexceptionableness
• unexceptionably

Translations

beyond reproach

• Bulgarian: безупречен (bg) (bezuprečen)
• Dutch: onberispelijk (nl)
• Italian: ineccepibile (it)
• Romanian: incontestabil (ro) m or n, nereproșabil m or n, inatacabil (ro) m or n

See also

• unexceptional