a. Obs. Also 6–7 -able. [UN-1 5 b.] = INACCESSIBLE a.
α. 1596. Raleigh, Discov. Guiana, 97. Whosoeuer shall first possesse it, it shall bee founde vnaccessable for anie Enemie.
1611. Cotgr., Vn lieu condemné, an vncouth, or vnaccessable place.
1645. Slingsby, Diary (1836), 167. By ye wayes we took thro’ ye almost unaccessable mountains of Wales.
β. 1600. E. Blount, trans. Conestaggio, 263. Hauing viewed the Iland fortified on all parts where he might descend, and by nature vnaccessible.
a. 1641. Bp. Mountagu, Acts & Mon. (1642), 536. The place was … unaccessible; none did or could come there but the High Priest, once every yeere.
1704. Ray, Creation (ed. 4), I. 200 Things … too remote and unaccessible for us to penetrate or discover.
1768–74. Tucker, Lt. Nat. (1834), I. 527 The Creator dwells in unaccessible light, whereto we cannot draw near.
Hence † Unaccessibleness; † Unaccessibly adv. Obs.
1615. G. Sandys, Trav., 183. Mountains; whereof some are cut (or naturally so) in degrees like allies, which would be else vnaccessably fruitlesse.
a. 1676. Hale, Prim. Orig. Man., II. iv. (1677), 155. We cannot attain to any clear sensible discovery of them … by reason of their remoteness, distance, and unaccessibleness.
