a. (UN-1 7 b.)
1611. Cotgr., Imbuvable, vndrinkable, unfit to be drunke of.
1826. Disraeli, V. Grey, VI. i. We … refrain from refreshing our bodies with that sanctified and most undrinkable fluid.
1880. Geikie, Phys. Geog., iii. 107. Should he taste some of this … water he would find it salt and undrinkable.
Hence Undrinkably adv.
1894. Pall Mall Mag., Nov., 455. It [sc. coffee] was not undrinkably bad.
