See Also: impayable(dictionary)

tereu (iou) and impayable (iou)


tereu (iou)



tereu noun. [ti:'ru:] Chiefly poet. L16.
[Latin, voc. of Tereus, in Greek mythol. the husband of Procne and raper of Philomela (who was changed into a nightingale: the nightingale's song being supposed to perpetuate her reproachful calls).]
Repr. the note supposed to be sung by a nightingale.

impayable (iou)



impayable adjective. ME.
[French, formed as IM-2 + payer PAY verb1: see -ABLE.]
Implacable, unappeasable. Only in ME.
Impossible to pay or discharge. L18.
Priceless, invaluable; extraordinary, absurd. E19.
G. Allen I shrieked with laughter, 'Elsie,' I cried...'you are impayable'.