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irresistible, a. (n.)|ɪrɪˈzɪstɪb(ə)l|
Also 7–8 -able, 7 inresistable.
[ad. late L. irresistibil-is (see Quicherat), f. ir- (ir-2) + resistĕre to resist: see -ible, and cf. F. irrésistible (adm. Acad. 1762). The forms resistable, irresistable were Eng. formations on resist vb.]
1. Not resistible; that cannot be withstood; too strong, weighty, or fascinating to be resisted.
α1597Hooker Eccl. Pol. v. iii. §1 Fear in this kind doth grow from an apprehension of deitie, indued with irresistible power to hurt. a1631Donne in Select. (1840) 109 Mine enemy is a real, and an irresistible..enemy. 1692South 12 Serm. (1697) I. 469 Possibly the grace of God may, in some cases, be irresistible. 1776Gibbon Decl. & F. xii. I. 347 The power of opinion is irresistible. 1838Lytton Alice ii. i, There was so charming and irresistible a grace about her.
β1601R. Johnson Kingd. & Commw. (1603) 95 The irresistable power of the Turk. 1650Hobbes De Corp. Pol. 7 Inresistable Might in the state of Nature, is Right. 1671Milton Samson 126 Can this be Hee, That Heroic, that Renown'd, Irresistable Samson? 1755Young Centaur vi. Wks. 1757 IV. 270 That call irresistable, which every moment should expect; which every fool forgets.
†2. Not to be resisted lawfully: cf. irresistibility 2. Obs.
1643Prynne Sov. Power Parl. iii. 121 Our Opposites must grant..all other Magistrates whatsoever, as irresistible..as they say kings are.
B. n. An irresistible person.
1774Trinket 36 A sprightly widow, a fine girl, or a society of beaux esprits, are three irresistibles. 1796C. Smith Marchmont I. 139 One of those irresistibles who are always seen..riding in Hyde-park. |