immune
/ɪˈmjuːn/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.14 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Protected by inoculation, or due to innate resistance to pathogens.
adj
Not vulnerable.
adj
Of or pertaining to immunity.
noun
A person who is not susceptible to infection by a particular disease
Example Sentences
- "As a diplomat, you are immune from prosecution."
- "He had always been remarkably immune from such little ailments, and had only once in his life been ill, of a vicious pneumonia long ago at school. He hadn't the faintest idea what to with a cold in the head, he just took quinine and continued to blow his nose."
- "Bret Stephens believed that, by virtue of his comfortable position at the New York Times, he ought to be immune from insult or criticism."
- "I am immune to chicken pox."
- "Alas, he was immune to my charms."
- "[...] most of the original electrical signalling equipment has had to be replaced by apparatus immune to 50-cycle currents."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey- Proto-Indo-European *moy-nósder. Proto-Italic *moinos Latin mūnus Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂der.? Proto-Italic *-is Latin -is Latin in- -is Latin immūnisder. Middle French immunbor. Middle English English immune From Middle English, from Middle French immun, from Latin immūnis (“exempt from public service”), from in- (“not”) + mūnus (“service”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ɪˈmjuːn/
Usage
Inflected Forms
more immune (comparative)
most immune (superlative)
immunes (plural)
immunes (present, singular)
immuning (participle, present)
immuned (participle, past)
immuned (past)