irrecognizable

English

Alternative forms

irrecognisable

Etymology

ir- +‎ recognizable

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪˈɹɛkə(ɡ)naɪzəbəl/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ɪˈɹɛkəɡnaɪzəbəl/, (nonstandard) /ˈɹɛkənaɪzəbəl/
(obsolete) IPA^(key): /ɪɹɪˈkɒɡnɪzəbəl/[1]

Adjective

irrecognizable (comparative more irrecognizable, superlative most irrecognizable)

(archaic, rare) Unable to be recognized.[2]
- 1850, Thomas Carlyle, "The Stump Orator" in Latter Day Pamphlets:
  The immortal gods are there (quite irrecognizable under these disguises), and also the lowest broken valets.
- 1902, "Judge Endlich on Early Life in Berks," Reading Eagle (USA), 15 March, p. 11 (retrieved 26 Aug. 2010):
  [T]here remains no trace of their having ever existed—outside of course of the family names which are now preserved, though some of them in an almost irrecognizable form.
- c. 1933, Clark Ashton Smith, "The Light from Beyond" in The White Sybil and Other Stories, p. 142 of 2005 edition:
  The loamy ground on which I lay, the scattered fragments of the cairn beside me, and the rocks and junipers, were irrecognizable as if they had belonged to some other planet than ours.

Synonyms

unrecognizable

Derived terms

irrecognizability
irrecognizably

References

Jespersen, Otto (1909) A Modern English Grammar on Historical Principles (Sammlung germanischer Elementar- und Handbücher; 9)‎, volume I: Sounds and Spellings, London: George Allen & Unwin, published 1961, § 5.66, page 170.
Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.

[1] Jespersen, Otto (1909) A Modern English Grammar on Historical Principles (Sammlung germanischer Elementar- und Handbücher; 9)‎, volume I: Sounds and Spellings, London: George Allen & Unwin, published 1961, § 5.66, page 170.

[2] Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.

单词	irrecognizable
释义	irrecognizable English Alternative forms irrecognisable Etymology ir- +‎ recognizable Pronunciation (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪˈɹɛkə(ɡ)naɪzəbəl/ (General American) IPA^(key): /ɪˈɹɛkəɡnaɪzəbəl/, (nonstandard) /ˈɹɛkənaɪzəbəl/ (obsolete) IPA^(key): /ɪɹɪˈkɒɡnɪzəbəl/[1] Adjective irrecognizable (comparative more irrecognizable, superlative most irrecognizable) (archaic, rare) Unable to be recognized.[2] 1850, Thomas Carlyle, "The Stump Orator" in Latter Day Pamphlets: The immortal gods are there (quite irrecognizable under these disguises), and also the lowest broken valets. 1902, "Judge Endlich on Early Life in Berks," Reading Eagle (USA), 15 March, p. 11 (retrieved 26 Aug. 2010): [T]here remains no trace of their having ever existed—outside of course of the family names which are now preserved, though some of them in an almost irrecognizable form. c. 1933, Clark Ashton Smith, "The Light from Beyond" in The White Sybil and Other Stories, p. 142 of 2005 edition: The loamy ground on which I lay, the scattered fragments of the cairn beside me, and the rocks and junipers, were irrecognizable as if they had belonged to some other planet than ours. Synonyms unrecognizable Derived terms irrecognizability irrecognizably References Jespersen, Otto (1909) A Modern English Grammar on Historical Principles (Sammlung germanischer Elementar- und Handbücher; 9)‎, volume I: Sounds and Spellings, London: George Allen & Unwin, published 1961, § 5.66, page 170. Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.
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