† irrationable, a. Obs. or arch.
(ɪˈræʃənəb(ə)l)
[ad. late L. irratiōnābil-is without reason, f. ir- (ir-2) + ratiōnābilis rationable.]
1. Not endowed with reason; = irrational a. 1.
| 1583 Stubbes Anat. Abus. i. (1877) 92 There is no creature..how irrationable soeuer, that dooth degenerate as man dooth. 1651 Raleigh's Ghost 116 Irrationable Creatures do know such kinde of meats, as are hurtful and dangerous to them. |
2. Not in accordance with reason; unreasonable; = irrational a. 2.
| a 1650 May Satyr. Puppy (1657) 55, I had three reasons..First, I was drunke, a strong one, extracted from my irrationable weaknesse. 1731 Gentl. Mag. I. 421 Amongst our popular Errors none are more inexcusable than those irrationable and reciprocal Dislikes of the great and small Vulgar of the City and Country. 1832 I. Taylor Saturday Even. (1833) 70 Enforcing from the people an irrationable homage to certain excrescences. |
Hence † iˈrrationably adv., unreasonably.
| a 1650 May Satyr. Puppy (1657) 95 Embassadors..were almost fain to beg a life of them, who (irrationably) under⁓valewed it in themselves. |