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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1638-1639
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Unaccountable, adj. [17th c. Eng. unaccountable (1643).] Not able to be called to account. — a1639 Spotsw. Hist. (1677) App. 31.
The king is an absolute and unaccountable monarch
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"Unaccountable adj.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 13 Dec 2025 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/dost/unaccountable>
