inextinguishableadj.

/ɪnɛkˈstɪŋɡwɪʃəb(ə)l/

Etymology: < in- prefix⁴ + extinguishable adj.

That cannot be extinguished (in various senses of the verb); unquenchable, indestructible, etc. In ‘inextinguishable laughter’, an echo of the Homeric ἄσβεστος γέλως, Iliad i. 599.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > decision > perseverance or persistence > [adjective] > of actions or qualities

inextinguible1412

inextinguishable1509

assiduatea1513

assiduousa1552

unwearied1561

unweariable1571

assidual1622

inextinct1623

unrelented1651

inextinguished1746

unrelaxed1825

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [adjective] > not destroyed > indestructible

unquenchablea1382

inextinguible1412

undestroyablea1420

surec1475

inextinguishable1509

undelible1534

unperishable1538

irrefragable1562

inconsumptible1579

inquenchable1583

undefaceable1587

irrefringible1596

insuppressible1610

irrazable1622

unextinguishable1656

imperdible1660

indissolvable1660

indestructible1674

unannihilable1678

undestructible1807

undemolishable1837

unobliteratable1872

uneliminable1876

the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > types of laughter > [adjective] > inextinguishable (of laughter)

unextinguishable1658

inextinguishable1791

1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure (1845) xlv. 218 In heaven and hell I am continually Withouten ende to be inextinguissible.

1661 S. Morgan Sphere of Gentry i. iv. 40 And to shew his inextinguishable light and heat they used to maintain a perpetual fire upon their altars.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vi. 217 So..together rush'd Both Battels maine, with ruinous assault And inextinguishable rage.

1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. i. 739 Heav'n rang with laughter inextinguishable.

1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering I. ii. 27 The efforts of the professor were totally inadequate to restrain the inextinguishable laughter of the students.

1816 R. Southey in Q. Rev. 16 239 An impulse of..the most inextinguishable hope was excited in every heart.

1828 C. Lamb Child Angel in Elia 2nd Ser. 159 What an inextinguishable titter that time spared not celestial visages.

1861 H. S. Maine Anc. Law v. 126 Primitive law considers the..family groups, as perpetual and inextinguishable.

Derivatives

inexˈtinguishableness n. (Bailey vol. II 1727).

inexˈtinguishably adv.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [adverb] > indestructibly

unquenchably1576

inextinguishably1821

indestructibly1834

1821 P. B. Shelley Epipsychidion 10 The Moon Burns, inextinguishably beautiful.

1883 Harper's Mag. Aug. 464/2 She burst out crying inextinguishably.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	inextinguishable
释义	inextinguishableadj. /ɪnɛkˈstɪŋɡwɪʃəb(ə)l/ Etymology: < in- prefix⁴ + extinguishable adj. That cannot be extinguished (in various senses of the verb); unquenchable, indestructible, etc. In ‘inextinguishable laughter’, an echo of the Homeric ἄσβεστος γέλως, Iliad i. 599. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > perseverance or persistence > [adjective] > of actions or qualities inextinguible1412 inextinguishable1509 assiduatea1513 assiduousa1552 unwearied1561 unweariable1571 assidual1622 inextinct1623 unrelented1651 inextinguished1746 unrelaxed1825 the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [adjective] > not destroyed > indestructible unquenchablea1382 inextinguible1412 undestroyablea1420 surec1475 inextinguishable1509 undelible1534 unperishable1538 irrefragable1562 inconsumptible1579 inquenchable1583 undefaceable1587 irrefringible1596 insuppressible1610 irrazable1622 unextinguishable1656 imperdible1660 indissolvable1660 indestructible1674 unannihilable1678 undestructible1807 undemolishable1837 unobliteratable1872 uneliminable1876 the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > types of laughter > [adjective] > inextinguishable (of laughter) unextinguishable1658 inextinguishable1791 1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure (1845) xlv. 218 In heaven and hell I am continually Withouten ende to be inextinguissible. 1661 S. Morgan Sphere of Gentry i. iv. 40 And to shew his inextinguishable light and heat they used to maintain a perpetual fire upon their altars. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vi. 217 So..together rush'd Both Battels maine, with ruinous assault And inextinguishable rage. View more context for this quotation 1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. i. 739 Heav'n rang with laughter inextinguishable. 1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering I. ii. 27 The efforts of the professor were totally inadequate to restrain the inextinguishable laughter of the students. 1816 R. Southey in Q. Rev. 16 239 An impulse of..the most inextinguishable hope was excited in every heart. 1828 C. Lamb Child Angel in Elia 2nd Ser. 159 What an inextinguishable titter that time spared not celestial visages. 1861 H. S. Maine Anc. Law v. 126 Primitive law considers the..family groups, as perpetual and inextinguishable. Derivatives inexˈtinguishableness n. (Bailey vol. II 1727). inexˈtinguishably adv. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [adverb] > indestructibly unquenchably1576 inextinguishably1821 indestructibly1834 1821 P. B. Shelley Epipsychidion 10 The Moon Burns, inextinguishably beautiful. 1883 Harper's Mag. Aug. 464/2 She burst out crying inextinguishably. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < adj.1509
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