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impregnability|ɪmprɛgnəˈbɪlɪtɪ|
[f. next: see -ity.]
The quality or condition of being impregnable; incapacity of being taken or reduced by force. lit. and fig.
1847W. Smith tr. Fichte's Characteristics Present Age 30 The supposed impregnability of the mode of thought which we have now described arises precisely in this way. 1861Maine Anc. Law vi. (1874) 202 The new or Praetorian Testament derived the whole of its impregnability from the Jus Honorarium or Equity of Rome. 1865Macm. Mag. Nov. 13 The castle profited by the road in accessibility, but its impregnability was so far lessened. 1879Mendell Art of War iii. 77 Believing in the impregnability of these [mountain] chains. |