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English
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin inexpugnābilis. Morphologically, from in- + expugn + -able.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌɪnɛkˈspʌɡnəbəl/, /ˌɪnɪkˈspʌɡnəbəl/
Adjective
inexpugnable (comparative more inexpugnable, superlative most inexpugnable)
- Impossible to eliminate or destroy; impregnable.
1840, Thomas Carlyle, Heroes and Hero Worship:My one hope of the world, my inexpugnable consolation in looking at the miseries of the world, is that this is altering.
1911, H. G. Wells, The Country of the Blind, And Other Stories:It crept into one's mind, a distress as vague and inexpugnable as a sea fog on a spring morning, and presently one shivered and wanted to go indoors...
1915, Joseph Conrad, Victory:This seemed to be an inexpugnable refuge, where we could live untroubled and learn to know each other."
Derived terms
Translations
impregnable, unconquerable
Anagrams
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin inexpugnābilis.
Pronunciation
Adjective
inexpugnable (plural inexpugnables)
- impregnable, unassailable
- Synonym: imprenable
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Spanish
Adjective
inexpugnable m or f (masculine and feminine plural inexpugnables)
- unassailable, inexpugnable
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