Where does invulnerate come from?

First known use: First attested in 1680.

invulnerate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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"For horns (like horny callouses) are found / to grow on sculls that have receiv'd a wound, / are crackt, and broken; not at all on those / that are invulnerate and free from blows."

First attested in 1680; borrowed from Latin invulnerātus (“unwounded”), from in- (“not”) + vulnerātus see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

more invulnerate (comparative) most invulnerate (superlative)

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