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inextinguishable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.44 in modern English

Syllables
in-ex-tin-guish-able
IPA
29
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
5
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Incapable of being extinguished or ended, not extinguishable.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English extinguish Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English extinguishable English inextinguishable From in- + extinguishable.

Inflected Forms

more inextinguishable (comparative) most inextinguishable (superlative) unextinguishable (alternative)

Derived Forms

inextinguishableness inextinguishably

Synonyms

unquenchable

Antonyms

extinguishable

Questions

What does inextinguishable mean?
Incapable of being extinguished or ended, not extinguishable.
Where does inextinguishable come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English extinguish Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English extinguishable English inextinguishable From in- + extinguishable.

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