- inexpugnableness
- noun see inexpugnable
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
inexpugnableness
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inexpugnableness — in·ex·pugna·ble·ness … English syllables
inexpugnableness — noun see inexpugnable * * * inexpugnabilˈity or inexpugnˈableness noun • • • Main Entry: ↑inexpugnable … Useful english dictionary
inexpugnable — adjective Etymology: Middle English in expungnabull, from Latin inexpugnabilis, from in + expugnare to take by storm, from ex + pugnare to fight more at pungent Date: 15th century 1. incapable of being subdued or overthrown ; impregnable < an… … New Collegiate Dictionary
inexpugnable — inexpugnability, inexpugnableness, n. inexpugnably, adv. /in ik spug neuh beuhl/, adj. incapable of being taken by force; impregnable; unconquerable. [1375 1425; late ME < L inexpugnabilis, equiv. to in IN 3 + expugnabilis (expugna(re) to take by … Universalium
invulnerability — n 1. indestructibility, indestruct ibleness, undestroyability, undestroyableness, imperishability, imperishableness, nonperishability, nonperishableness, unwoundability, unwoundableness, Obs., Rare. imperdibility, Obs., Rare. imperdibleness. 2.… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
inexpugnable — /ɪnəksˈpʌgnəbəl/ (say inuhks pugnuhbuhl), /ɪnɛks / (say ineks ) adjective that cannot be taken by force; impregnable; unconquerable: an inexpugnable fort. {Latin inexpugnābilis} –inexpugnability /ˌɪnəkspʌgnəˈbɪləti/ (say .inuhkspugnuh biluhtee),… …
inexpugnable — [in΄eks pug′nə bəl, in΄ik spug′nə bəl] adj. [LME < MFr < L inexpugnabilis < in , not + expugnabilis, that can be taken by storm < expugnare, to take by storm < ex , intens. + pugnare, to fight: see PUGNACIOUS] that cannot be… … English World dictionary
