The Only Use
intractable
in
Wuthering Heights
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- The spirit which served her was growing intractable: she could neither lay nor control it.†
p. 82.2intractable = difficult
Definitions:
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(1)
(intractable) difficultin various senses, including:
- of problems or disease -- difficult to solve or cure
- of people or animals -- difficult to manage or control
- of materials -- difficult to manipulate
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)