uncontainable

adj

uncontainable

adj

Etymology From un- + containable.

1

That cannot be contained.

  • The uncontainable fire and restlessness of the Allegro is subdued in the Adagio to a sweet, resigned, spiritually sustained mood of melancholy.1866 January 20, “Beethoven's Fourth Symphony”, in Dwight's Journal of Music, volume 25, page 172:
Antonyms
containable
Derived terms
uncontainableness, uncontainably

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