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uncontrollable (adj.)
[uncontrollable 词源字典]
1570s, "irrefutable," from
un-
(1) "not" +
controllable
. From 1590s as "not subject to authority;" meaning "that cannot be restrained" is from 1640s. Related:
Uncontrollably
.
[uncontrollable etymology, uncontrollable origin, 英语词源]