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† inexˈtinguible, a. Obs.
[a. F. inextinguible (15th c. in Hatz.-Darm.), or ad. L. inexstinguibilis: see in-3 and extinguible.]
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1412–20Lydg. Chron. Troy iii. xxviii. (MS. Digby) lf. 134/1 Þat was by crafte made in extinguible For it ne myȝt..Neiþer be queynt wt winde, tempest, ne reyn. 1502W. Atkynson tr. De Imitatione iii. lxiii. 256 They brenne in soule with the ardoure of inextynguyble charyte. 1594Mirr. Policy 186 The inextinguible fire of ciuile war. 1604T. Wright Passions vi. 325 Those inextinguible flames of infernall fernaces. 1677Gale Crt. Gentiles iv. 142 This infinite inextinguible thirst after terrene goods. |