INTOLERABILITY
In*tol`er*a*bil"i*ty, n.
Defn: The quality of being intolerable; intolerableness. [R.]
INTOLERABLE In*tol"er*a*ble, a. Etym: [F. intolérable, L. intolerabilis. See In- not, and Tolerable.]
1. Not tolerable; not capable of being borne or endured; not proper or right to be allowed; insufferable; insupportable; unbearable; as, intolerable pain; intolerable heat or cold; an intolerable burden.
His insolence is more intolerable Than all the princes in the land beside. Shak.
4. Enormous.
This intolerable deal of sack. Shak.
— In*tol"er*a*ble*ness, n.
— In*tol"er*a*bly, adv.
INTOLERANCE In*tol"er*ance, n. Etym: [L. intolerantia impatience, unendurableness: cf. F. intolérance.]
1. Want of capacity to endure; as, intolerance of light.
2. The quality of being intolerant; refusal to allow to others the enjoyment of their opinions, chosen modes of worship, and the like; want of patience and forbearance; illiberality; bigotry; as, intolerance shown toward a religious sect. These few restrictions, I hope, are no great stretches of intolerance, no very violent exertions of despotism. Burke.
INTOLERANCY
In*tol"er*an*cy, n.