irrefragable
Pronunciation: /ɪˈɹɛfɹəɡəb(ə)l/
The English word “irrefragable” has 3 meanings listed here.
adjective
- Which cannot be refuted; clearly right, incontrovertible, indisputable, irrefutable.
- Which cannot or should not be broken; indestructible.
- Of a person: obstinate, stubborn.
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Late Latin irrefrāgābilis (“irrefragable”) + English -able (suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘able or fit to be done’). Irrefrāgābilis is derived from Latin ir- (variant of in- (prefix meaning ‘not’)) + refrāgārī + -bilis (suffix forming adjectives indicating a capacity or worth of being acted upon); while refrāgārī is the present active infinitive of refrāgor (“to…
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More English words
- irreformability
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- irrefragably
- irrefrangibility
- irrefrangible
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