Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

inexpugnable

/ˌɪnɛkˈspʌɡnəbəl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: in-ex-pugnable
IPA: /ˌɪnɛkˈspʌɡnəbəl/

24

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Impossible to eliminate or destroy; impregnable.

Example Sentences

"My one hope of the world, my inexpugnable consolation in looking at the miseries of the world, is that this is altering."
"It crept into one's mind, a distress as vague and inexpugnable as a sea fog on a spring morning, and presently one shivered and wanted to go indoors..."
"This seemed to be an inexpugnable refuge, where we could live untroubled and learn to know each other.""
"For the sake of its own success it must possess a clearly defined doctrine or body of inexpugnable dogma, binding upon its members."

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin inexpugnābilis. Morphologically, from in- + expugn + -able.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: in
Suffix: expugn

Inflected Forms

more inexpugnable (comparative) most inexpugnable (superlative)

Derived Forms

inexpugnability inexpugnableness inexpugnably

Synonyms

impregnable

Questions

How do you pronounce inexpugnable?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌɪnɛkˈspʌɡnəbəl/.
What does inexpugnable mean?: Impossible to eliminate or destroy; impregnable.
Where does inexpugnable come from?: Learned borrowing from Latin inexpugnābilis. Morphologically, from in- + expugn + -able.

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