inviolableadj.

/ɪnˈvʌɪələb(ə)l/

Etymology: < Latin inviolābilis ( < in- (in- prefix⁴) + violābilis , < violāre to do violence to, violate v.), or < French inviolable (14th cent.).

1. Not to be violated; not liable or allowed to suffer violence; to be kept sacredly free from profanation, infraction, or assault.

a. Of laws, treaties, institutions, customs, principles, sacred or cherished feelings, etc.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > dueness or propriety > [adjective] > inviolable

inviolable1532

infringible1548

irrefrangiblec1719

infrangible1827

1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 527/2 The churche is..the pyller of trouth for the inuiolable suretie of doctrine.

1555 W. Waterman tr. J. Boemus Fardle of Facions ii. iii. 131 Not at all adventures, and without rule, but by an inuiolable lawe of God.

1682 J. Norris tr. Hierocles Golden Verses 41 So will our piety towards God, and the measures of Justice be kept inviolable.

a1781 R. Watson Hist. Reign Philip III (1783) iv. 291 Maintaining the most inviolable secrecy.

1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. ii. 926 Styx is the inviolable oath.

1841 G. P. R. James Brigand xxix My word is said, and it shall be inviolable.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. vi. 135 He ought to have determined that the existing settlement of landed property should be inviolable.

b. Of persons, places, and things material.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > safety > [adjective] > safe or invulnerable > inviolable

sacred1530

irrefragable1562

inviolable1578

sanctioned1875

pamphract1890

1578 T. Nicholas tr. F. Lopez de Gómara Pleasant Hist. Conquest W. India 159 You are persons inviolable, and messengers of a prince.

1674 J. Owen Disc. Holy Spirit (1693) 80 Things precious are sealed up, that they may be kept safe and inviolable.

1726 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey V. xxii. 372 Jove's inviolable altar.

1852 G. Grote Hist. Greece IX. ii. lxxiii. 330 The Spartan king was not legally inviolable. He might be, and occasionally was, arrested, tried, and punished for misbehaviour in the discharge of his functions.

1863 M. Oliphant Salem Chapel I. xiii. 211 Safe..in a humble inviolable English home.

†2. That cannot be violated; that does not yield to force or violence; incapable of being broken, forced, or injured. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > [adjective] > whole or intact > unbreakable, etc.

unbreakable?a1505

inviolable1530

unviolable1565

infrangible1598

infringible1600

unfrangible1601

untearable1648

irruptible1835

unburstable1890

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 316/2 Invyolable nat able to be broken, inuiolable.

1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. i. f. 20 Those things that the Prophet hath ioined with an inuiolable knot.

1607 E. Grimeston tr. S. Goulart Admirable & Memorable Hist. 278 He never sturd one iot, but remained firme and inviolable, as if he had beene planted there.

1614 T. Lodge tr. Seneca Of Benefits in tr. Seneca Wks. 95 Neither therefore can the fire burne lesse, if it light upon a matter inviolable by fire.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vi. 398 Th' inviolable Saints In Cubic Phalanx firm advanc't entire.

1719 D. Waterland Vind. Christ's Div. (1720) xxiii. 364 Tertullian intimates the strict and inviolable Harmony of the three Persons.

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

单词	inviolable
释义	inviolableadj. /ɪnˈvʌɪələb(ə)l/ Etymology: < Latin inviolābilis ( < in- (in- prefix⁴) + violābilis , < violāre to do violence to, violate v.), or < French inviolable (14th cent.). 1. Not to be violated; not liable or allowed to suffer violence; to be kept sacredly free from profanation, infraction, or assault. a. Of laws, treaties, institutions, customs, principles, sacred or cherished feelings, etc. ΘΚΠ society > morality > dueness or propriety > [adjective] > inviolable inviolable1532 infringible1548 irrefrangiblec1719 infrangible1827 1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 527/2 The churche is..the pyller of trouth for the inuiolable suretie of doctrine. 1555 W. Waterman tr. J. Boemus Fardle of Facions ii. iii. 131 Not at all adventures, and without rule, but by an inuiolable lawe of God. 1682 J. Norris tr. Hierocles Golden Verses 41 So will our piety towards God, and the measures of Justice be kept inviolable. a1781 R. Watson Hist. Reign Philip III (1783) iv. 291 Maintaining the most inviolable secrecy. 1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. ii. 926 Styx is the inviolable oath. 1841 G. P. R. James Brigand xxix My word is said, and it shall be inviolable. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. vi. 135 He ought to have determined that the existing settlement of landed property should be inviolable. b. Of persons, places, and things material. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > [adjective] > safe or invulnerable > inviolable sacred1530 irrefragable1562 inviolable1578 sanctioned1875 pamphract1890 1578 T. Nicholas tr. F. Lopez de Gómara Pleasant Hist. Conquest W. India 159 You are persons inviolable, and messengers of a prince. 1674 J. Owen Disc. Holy Spirit (1693) 80 Things precious are sealed up, that they may be kept safe and inviolable. 1726 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey V. xxii. 372 Jove's inviolable altar. 1852 G. Grote Hist. Greece IX. ii. lxxiii. 330 The Spartan king was not legally inviolable. He might be, and occasionally was, arrested, tried, and punished for misbehaviour in the discharge of his functions. 1863 M. Oliphant Salem Chapel I. xiii. 211 Safe..in a humble inviolable English home. †2. That cannot be violated; that does not yield to force or violence; incapable of being broken, forced, or injured. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > [adjective] > whole or intact > unbreakable, etc. unbreakable?a1505 inviolable1530 unviolable1565 infrangible1598 infringible1600 unfrangible1601 untearable1648 irruptible1835 unburstable1890 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 316/2 Invyolable nat able to be broken, inuiolable. 1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. i. f. 20 Those things that the Prophet hath ioined with an inuiolable knot. 1607 E. Grimeston tr. S. Goulart Admirable & Memorable Hist. 278 He never sturd one iot, but remained firme and inviolable, as if he had beene planted there. 1614 T. Lodge tr. Seneca Of Benefits in tr. Seneca Wks. 95 Neither therefore can the fire burne lesse, if it light upon a matter inviolable by fire. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vi. 398 Th' inviolable Saints In Cubic Phalanx firm advanc't entire. View more context for this quotation 1719 D. Waterland Vind. Christ's Div. (1720) xxiii. 364 Tertullian intimates the strict and inviolable Harmony of the three Persons. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < adj.1530
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