inexpugnableadj.

/ɪnɛkˈspʌɡnəb(ə)l/

Etymology: < French inexpugnable (14th cent. in Littré Suppl.), < Latin inexpugnābilis , < in- (in- prefix⁴) + expugnābilis expugnable adj.

That cannot be taken by assault or storm; incapable of being overcome, subdued, or overthrown by force; impregnable, invincible.

a. literal of a fortress, an army, etc.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > [adjective]

stithc1000

strongOE

fastenedOE

warneda1300

strengtheda1382

unpregnable1387

embattledc1400

enbanedc1400

warrayable14..

impregnable1430

inexpugnable1490

strengthy1513

bulwarkeda1533

unexpugnable1533

fortified1538

well-fortified1538

unwinnablec1540

forced1548

forted1566

unbatterable1576

fencible?1579

unforcible1611

impregnate1632

untakable1652

of (good) force1697

casemated1740

well-girt1756

embattled1765

strongish1821

unbreachable1866

1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos Prol. 10 Troye the graunte, and many other places stronge and inexpugnable haue ben besieged sharpely & assayled.

1533 T. More Answere Poysened Bk. i. xv. f. lxix How the inexpugnable walles of Jeryco were ouerthrowen.

1541 T. Elyot Image of Gouernance vii. f. 14 The inexpugnable armies prepared agaynste hym.

1658 J. Burbury tr. G. Gualdo Priorato Hist. Christina Queen of Swedland 292 The Castle of Besen..seated on a craggy mountain, which renders it inexpugnable.

1789 Ann. Reg. 1787 Hist. Europe 79/2 Convinced at length by dear-bought experience, that this empire was inexpugnable.

1849 G. Grote Hist. Greece V. ii. lix. 249 Syracuse..had not only become inexpugnable, but had assumed the aggressive.

b. figurative of a statement, argument, principle, desire, disposition, quality, condition, etc., or of a person in reference to his principles or disposition: That cannot be overthrown or overcome.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > safety > [adjective] > safe or invulnerable > not effectively assailable

inexpugnablea1535

unassaultable1571

Achillean1579

impregnable1582

unassailable1596

invulnerable1663

inattackable1832

unpuncturable1891

storm-proof1911

the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > [adjective] > not overcome or overwhelmed > that cannot be

insuperablec1340

unvanquishablea1382

unexpugnable1382

invincible1482

unsuperable1526

inexpugnablea1535

unvincible1554

impugnable1570

conquerless1595

invictivea1607

inaccessible?1611

unsubduable1611

insuppressivea1616

inexsuperable1623

undefeatablea1640

unconquerable1642

irreducible1858

tower-proof1858

insubduable1866

uncrushable1873

unwinnable1972

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > absolute certainty > [adjective]

sickera1400

undoubtingc1400

undoubtablec1425

doubtlessc1440

unsoilablec1449

unwithsayablec1450

undoubtedc1460

indoubted?1467

indubitate1480

undubitate1482

unrepugnablea1500

infallible1526

questionless1532

insoluble1533

irrefragable1533

undoubtful1533

inexpugnablea1535

uncontrolleda1535

undeniable1541

indisputable1551

indoubtable1557

unsoluble1559

uncontrollable1577

infringible1581

irreprovable1581

ungainsaid1587

unquestionable1587

unquarrelled1588

peremptory1589

irrefragatea1592

unrefellable1593

unrefutable1594

controversiless1604

unquestioned1604

undisputable1605

impleadable1606

contradictless1607

unargued1609

unchallengeable1611

uncontroversable1617

ungainsayable1618

irrefutable1620

indeniable1621

undenied1621

incontradictable1624

indenied1624

indubious1625

indubitable1625

undisputeda1627

uncontroversed1634

unchallengeda1639

God-given1642

indisputed1643

unconfutable1643

undubitable1643

incontrollable1646

incontrovertible1646

unquarrellable1646

watertight1647

unquaerable1657

uncontrovertible1664

incontestable1673

inconfutable1679

uncontestable1681

uncontested1683

uncontradictory1698

uncontradictable1707

incontested1712

irrevinciblea1746

contestlessa1750

innegable1772

irrecusable1776

unrebuttable1804

unassailable1830

unimpugnable1832

irrebuttablea1834

unquibbled1860

inarguablea1875

automatic1877

inoppugnable1885

indiscussible1893

indiscutable1933

a1535 T. More Confut. Tyndale ii, in Wks. 662 By some of hys own argumentes..he..maketh it rather more strong, and proueth it playn inexpugnable.

1583 P. Barrough Methode of Phisicke i. xvi. 19 Lethargvs..causeth sluggishnesse and an inexpugnable desyre of sleeping.

1662 P. Gunning Paschal or Lent-Fast 218 By Fasting, the three Children also were found..inexpugnable by the Babylonians.

a1734 R. North Examen (1740) iii. vi. §85 The inexpugnable good Will of the Parliament at that Time was the Preservation of the King.

1865 J. S. Mill Exam. Hamilton's Philos. 34 His arguments seem to me very far from inexpugnable.

1894 Mrs. H. Ward Marcella II. ii. v. 4 A certain inexpugnable dignity surrounded him.

Derivatives

inexpugnaˈbility n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > safety > [noun] > safety or invulnerability > unassailability

impregnableness1610

inexpugnableness1727

impregnability1847

unassailableness1854

inexpugnability1864

unassailability1921

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > [noun]

sickerlaika1225

sickerness?c1225

sickerheadc1250

boldness1330

certaintya1340

traistc1340

assurancec1374

certain138.

sureness1419

surancea1450

affiancec1460

certitude?a1475

resting?a1475

security1535

firmancec1540

confidence1555

assuredness1561

resolution1590

plerophory1598

reliance1606

undoubtfulness1619

positiveness1711

positivity1741

decidedness1800

positivism1842

undoubtingness1857

inexpugnability1864

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > absolute certainty > [noun]

irrefragability1609

unanswerableness1627

infallibilitya1631

uncontrollableness1634

unquestionableness1640

undeniableness1654

irrefragableness1682

incontestableness1727

indisputableness1727

indubitableness1727

inexpugnableness1727

unanswerability1750

incontrovertibility1775

unquestionability1815

impugnability1837

incontrovertibleness1837

incontestability1862

inexpugnability1864

irrefutability1864

indisputability1880

doubtlessness1895

indubitability1933

inescapability1945

1864 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia IV. xv. v. 64 What silent courage, or private inexpugnability of mind, was in him.

inexˈpugnableness n. the quality of being inexpugnable, impregnability.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > safety > [noun] > safety or invulnerability > unassailability

impregnableness1610

inexpugnableness1727

impregnability1847

unassailableness1854

inexpugnability1864

unassailability1921

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > absolute certainty > [noun]

irrefragability1609

unanswerableness1627

infallibilitya1631

uncontrollableness1634

unquestionableness1640

undeniableness1654

irrefragableness1682

incontestableness1727

indisputableness1727

indubitableness1727

inexpugnableness1727

unanswerability1750

incontrovertibility1775

unquestionability1815

impugnability1837

incontrovertibleness1837

incontestability1862

inexpugnability1864

irrefutability1864

indisputability1880

doubtlessness1895

indubitability1933

inescapability1945

1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Inexpugnableness.

1871 J. Morley J. de Maistre in Crit. Misc. 140 He was..persuaded of the general justice and inexpugnableness of the orthodox system.

inexˈpugnably adv. impregnably, invincibly.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > safety > [adverb] > invulnerably

impregnably1602

inexpugnably1653

impassibly1677

invulnerably1847

unassailably1874

charmedly1876

untouchably1909

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > absolute certainty > [adverb]

withouten wantrukea1225

without missa1275

dreadlessc1369

doubtlessc1386

certainlya1400

sadly?a1425

questionlessc1425

undoubtablyc1425

doubtlesslyc1440

unsoilablyc1445

undoubtablec1450

undoubteda1500

undoubtedly?a1500

infallibly1502

indefeasibly1540

undubitately1548

indubitatelya1552

undoubting1552

undoubtingly1552

indoubtedly1563

indoubtly1606

unquestionably1611

questionlessly1612

indubitably1624

undoubtfully1628

uncontrollably1629

irrefragably1635

ungainsayably1637

inquestionablya1641

indubiously1642

unquestionedly1644

incontrollably1646

incontrovertibly1646

indisputably1646

acknowledgedly?1649

inexpugnably1653

uncontrovertablya1658

undubitably1660

inconfutably1664

uncontrollably1676

irrefutably1681

uncontestedly1699

undisputably1707

uncontestably1709

incontestablya1711

uncontrovertibly1755

undisputedly1778

(and) no mistake1818

unchallengeably1827

without resort1827

undeniedly1837

unappealably1840

indubitativelya1853

irrecusably1862

uncontradictably1862

inescapably1881

unarguably1888

sho1893

sure1894

posilutely1914

hands down1936

1653 H. More Second Lash of Alazonomastix (1662) v. v. 122 Incompossibility and Incommensurability that is inexpugnably lodged up in the perverse and unreclaimable Hyle.

1821 W. M. Craig Lect. Drawing viii. 437 Fixing those transactions inexpugnably in your minds.

1881 Stevenson in Longman's Mag. Apr. 680 Of one thing I am inexpugnably assured.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	inexpugnable
释义	inexpugnableadj. /ɪnɛkˈspʌɡnəb(ə)l/ Etymology: < French inexpugnable (14th cent. in Littré Suppl.), < Latin inexpugnābilis , < in- (in- prefix⁴) + expugnābilis expugnable adj. That cannot be taken by assault or storm; incapable of being overcome, subdued, or overthrown by force; impregnable, invincible. a. literal of a fortress, an army, etc. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > [adjective] stithc1000 strongOE fastenedOE warneda1300 strengtheda1382 unpregnable1387 embattledc1400 enbanedc1400 warrayable14.. impregnable1430 inexpugnable1490 strengthy1513 bulwarkeda1533 unexpugnable1533 fortified1538 well-fortified1538 unwinnablec1540 forced1548 forted1566 unbatterable1576 fencible?1579 unforcible1611 impregnate1632 untakable1652 of (good) force1697 casemated1740 well-girt1756 embattled1765 strongish1821 unbreachable1866 1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos Prol. 10 Troye the graunte, and many other places stronge and inexpugnable haue ben besieged sharpely & assayled. 1533 T. More Answere Poysened Bk. i. xv. f. lxix How the inexpugnable walles of Jeryco were ouerthrowen. 1541 T. Elyot Image of Gouernance vii. f. 14 The inexpugnable armies prepared agaynste hym. 1658 J. Burbury tr. G. Gualdo Priorato Hist. Christina Queen of Swedland 292 The Castle of Besen..seated on a craggy mountain, which renders it inexpugnable. 1789 Ann. Reg. 1787 Hist. Europe 79/2 Convinced at length by dear-bought experience, that this empire was inexpugnable. 1849 G. Grote Hist. Greece V. ii. lix. 249 Syracuse..had not only become inexpugnable, but had assumed the aggressive. b. figurative of a statement, argument, principle, desire, disposition, quality, condition, etc., or of a person in reference to his principles or disposition: That cannot be overthrown or overcome. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > [adjective] > safe or invulnerable > not effectively assailable inexpugnablea1535 unassaultable1571 Achillean1579 impregnable1582 unassailable1596 invulnerable1663 inattackable1832 unpuncturable1891 storm-proof1911 the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > [adjective] > not overcome or overwhelmed > that cannot be insuperablec1340 unvanquishablea1382 unexpugnable1382 invincible1482 unsuperable1526 inexpugnablea1535 unvincible1554 impugnable1570 conquerless1595 invictivea1607 inaccessible?1611 unsubduable1611 insuppressivea1616 inexsuperable1623 undefeatablea1640 unconquerable1642 irreducible1858 tower-proof1858 insubduable1866 uncrushable1873 unwinnable1972 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > absolute certainty > [adjective] sickera1400 undoubtingc1400 undoubtablec1425 doubtlessc1440 unsoilablec1449 unwithsayablec1450 undoubtedc1460 indoubted?1467 indubitate1480 undubitate1482 unrepugnablea1500 infallible1526 questionless1532 insoluble1533 irrefragable1533 undoubtful1533 inexpugnablea1535 uncontrolleda1535 undeniable1541 indisputable1551 indoubtable1557 unsoluble1559 uncontrollable1577 infringible1581 irreprovable1581 ungainsaid1587 unquestionable1587 unquarrelled1588 peremptory1589 irrefragatea1592 unrefellable1593 unrefutable1594 controversiless1604 unquestioned1604 undisputable1605 impleadable1606 contradictless1607 unargued1609 unchallengeable1611 uncontroversable1617 ungainsayable1618 irrefutable1620 indeniable1621 undenied1621 incontradictable1624 indenied1624 indubious1625 indubitable1625 undisputeda1627 uncontroversed1634 unchallengeda1639 God-given1642 indisputed1643 unconfutable1643 undubitable1643 incontrollable1646 incontrovertible1646 unquarrellable1646 watertight1647 unquaerable1657 uncontrovertible1664 incontestable1673 inconfutable1679 uncontestable1681 uncontested1683 uncontradictory1698 uncontradictable1707 incontested1712 irrevinciblea1746 contestlessa1750 innegable1772 irrecusable1776 unrebuttable1804 unassailable1830 unimpugnable1832 irrebuttablea1834 unquibbled1860 inarguablea1875 automatic1877 inoppugnable1885 indiscussible1893 indiscutable1933 a1535 T. More Confut. Tyndale ii, in Wks. 662 By some of hys own argumentes..he..maketh it rather more strong, and proueth it playn inexpugnable. 1583 P. Barrough Methode of Phisicke i. xvi. 19 Lethargvs..causeth sluggishnesse and an inexpugnable desyre of sleeping. 1662 P. Gunning Paschal or Lent-Fast 218 By Fasting, the three Children also were found..inexpugnable by the Babylonians. a1734 R. North Examen (1740) iii. vi. §85 The inexpugnable good Will of the Parliament at that Time was the Preservation of the King. 1865 J. S. Mill Exam. Hamilton's Philos. 34 His arguments seem to me very far from inexpugnable. 1894 Mrs. H. Ward Marcella II. ii. v. 4 A certain inexpugnable dignity surrounded him. Derivatives inexpugnaˈbility n. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > [noun] > safety or invulnerability > unassailability impregnableness1610 inexpugnableness1727 impregnability1847 unassailableness1854 inexpugnability1864 unassailability1921 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > [noun] sickerlaika1225 sickerness?c1225 sickerheadc1250 boldness1330 certaintya1340 traistc1340 assurancec1374 certain138. sureness1419 surancea1450 affiancec1460 certitude?a1475 resting?a1475 security1535 firmancec1540 confidence1555 assuredness1561 resolution1590 plerophory1598 reliance1606 undoubtfulness1619 positiveness1711 positivity1741 decidedness1800 positivism1842 undoubtingness1857 inexpugnability1864 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > absolute certainty > [noun] irrefragability1609 unanswerableness1627 infallibilitya1631 uncontrollableness1634 unquestionableness1640 undeniableness1654 irrefragableness1682 incontestableness1727 indisputableness1727 indubitableness1727 inexpugnableness1727 unanswerability1750 incontrovertibility1775 unquestionability1815 impugnability1837 incontrovertibleness1837 incontestability1862 inexpugnability1864 irrefutability1864 indisputability1880 doubtlessness1895 indubitability1933 inescapability1945 1864 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia IV. xv. v. 64 What silent courage, or private inexpugnability of mind, was in him. inexˈpugnableness n. the quality of being inexpugnable, impregnability. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > [noun] > safety or invulnerability > unassailability impregnableness1610 inexpugnableness1727 impregnability1847 unassailableness1854 inexpugnability1864 unassailability1921 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > absolute certainty > [noun] irrefragability1609 unanswerableness1627 infallibilitya1631 uncontrollableness1634 unquestionableness1640 undeniableness1654 irrefragableness1682 incontestableness1727 indisputableness1727 indubitableness1727 inexpugnableness1727 unanswerability1750 incontrovertibility1775 unquestionability1815 impugnability1837 incontrovertibleness1837 incontestability1862 inexpugnability1864 irrefutability1864 indisputability1880 doubtlessness1895 indubitability1933 inescapability1945 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Inexpugnableness. 1871 J. Morley J. de Maistre in Crit. Misc. 140 He was..persuaded of the general justice and inexpugnableness of the orthodox system. inexˈpugnably adv. impregnably, invincibly. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > [adverb] > invulnerably impregnably1602 inexpugnably1653 impassibly1677 invulnerably1847 unassailably1874 charmedly1876 untouchably1909 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > absolute certainty > [adverb] withouten wantrukea1225 without missa1275 dreadlessc1369 doubtlessc1386 certainlya1400 sadly?a1425 questionlessc1425 undoubtablyc1425 doubtlesslyc1440 unsoilablyc1445 undoubtablec1450 undoubteda1500 undoubtedly?a1500 infallibly1502 indefeasibly1540 undubitately1548 indubitatelya1552 undoubting1552 undoubtingly1552 indoubtedly1563 indoubtly1606 unquestionably1611 questionlessly1612 indubitably1624 undoubtfully1628 uncontrollably1629 irrefragably1635 ungainsayably1637 inquestionablya1641 indubiously1642 unquestionedly1644 incontrollably1646 incontrovertibly1646 indisputably1646 acknowledgedly?1649 inexpugnably1653 uncontrovertablya1658 undubitably1660 inconfutably1664 uncontrollably1676 irrefutably1681 uncontestedly1699 undisputably1707 uncontestably1709 incontestablya1711 uncontrovertibly1755 undisputedly1778 (and) no mistake1818 unchallengeably1827 without resort1827 undeniedly1837 unappealably1840 indubitativelya1853 irrecusably1862 uncontradictably1862 inescapably1881 unarguably1888 sho1893 sure1894 posilutely1914 hands down1936 1653 H. More Second Lash of Alazonomastix (1662) v. v. 122 Incompossibility and Incommensurability that is inexpugnably lodged up in the perverse and unreclaimable Hyle. 1821 W. M. Craig Lect. Drawing viii. 437 Fixing those transactions inexpugnably in your minds. 1881 Stevenson in Longman's Mag. Apr. 680 Of one thing I am inexpugnably assured. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1490
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