a. Obs. [UN-1 7 b.] Improper, unbefitting.
a. 1340. Hampole, Psalter, lxxii. 9. Þair bostus speche, sua vncunable was, þat it passed in[to] þe earth. Ibid., Cant. Marie, 1. Þat soul worshippys god, þe whilk vnkonnabil beryng heghis not.
c. 1440. Jacobs Well, 294. Vnconable ioye of ony wordly vanyte.
Hence ǁ Unconableness; -ablety; -ably adv.
a. 1340. Hampole, Psalter, xxxviii. 1. Þe haly man thynkis to be still, þat he say nathynge vnconabilly. Ibid., lxxii. 14. If god war nought wytand al things, or punyscht not synne, þere vnconabiltes folouid. Ibid., cv. 31. Moyses wes for þe mykil vnconabilnes of þe folk lettid in thoght.