In*tol"er*a*ble (?), a. [F. intol'erable, L. intolerabilis. See In- not, and Tolerable.]

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.

His insolence is more intolerable Than all the princes in the land beside. Shak.

4.

Enormous.

This intolerable deal of sack. Shak.

-- In*tol"er*a*ble*ness, n. -- In*tol"er*a*bly, adv.

 

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