Unable or indisposed to tolerate, endure or bear.
Unable to digest food or be given substances of a certain composition without adverse effects.
Near-synonym: allergic
Not tolerant; close-minded about new or different ideas; indisposed to tolerate contrary opinions or beliefs; impatient of dissent or opposition; denying or refusing the right of private opinion or choice in others; inclined to persecute or suppress dissent.
Whilſt Congregationaliſts in England were complaining of the intolerant ſpirit of Epiſcopalians there
One who is intolerant; a bigot.
[…] a portion of the prejudice which darkened the spirits of these intolerants, might perhaps have cast its shadow over him.
First attested in the first half of the 18th century; either borrowed from French intolérant (early 17th century) or from its source, Latin intolerāns. By surface analysis, in- + tolerant (itself only...
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