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English
Etymology
From in- + controllable.
Adjective
incontrollable (comparative more incontrollable, superlative most incontrollable)
- (archaic) uncontrollable
1728, Thomas Carlyle, History Of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Volume IV. (of XXI.):Set upon his will as the one law of Nature; storming forward with incontrollable violence: a very whirlwind of a man.
1844, Various, Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXLV. July, 1844. Vol. LVI.:They had tasked our improved capacity for bearing annoyances ever since we first set foot in Sicily; but here they are perfectly incontrollable, stinging and buzzing at us without mercy or truce, not to be driven off for a second, nor persuaded to drown themselves on any consideration.
1920, Sax Rohmer, The Golden Scorpion:Terror claimed him--the terror which he had with difficulty been fending off throughout that nightmare interview with Fo-Hi. Madness threatened him, and he was seized by an almost incontrollable desire to shout execrations--prayers--he knew not what.