inexpressible(adj.)
1620年代,来自 in-(1)“不”+ expressible(见 express(v.))。Inexpressibles “裤子”出自1790年。相关: Inexpressibly。
I have retain'd the word BREECHES, as they are known by no other name amongst country folk.--The change from vulgarity to refinement, in cities and towns, has introduced other appellations; there they are generally called SMALL CLOTHES, but some ladies of high rank and extreme delicacy call them INEXPRESSIBLES. [footnote in "Poems Miscellaneous and Humorous," by Edward Nairne, Canterbury, 1791]
我保留了“BREECHES”这个词,因为在乡村人中没有其他名称。——从粗俗到精致的转变,在城市和城镇中引入了其他称呼; 在那里,它们通常被称为 SMALL CLOTHES,但一些高贵而极其细致的女士称它们为 INEXPRESSIBLES。[脚注在“Poems Miscellaneous and Humorous”中,作者为 Edward Nairne,坎特伯雷,1791年]
Inexpressibles 是最早记录的,因此似乎引发了这一趋势: Unmentionables(1806); indispensibles(1820); ineffables(1823); unutterables(1826); innominables(1827); 以及 inexplicables(1829)。
该词起源时间:1620年代