illimitable
/ɪˈlɪmɪtəbəl/
illimitable adjective: impervious to limitation, without limit.
Adjective
illimitable (comparative more illimitable, superlative most illimitable)
- Impervious to limitation, without limit.
- For although in that ancient and diffuſed adoration of IdolLs, unto the Prieſts and ſubtiler heads, the vvorſhip perhaps might be ſymbolicall, and as thoſe Images ſome vvay related unto their deities, yet vvas the Idolatry direct and dovvne-right in the people, vvhoſe credulity is illimitable, vvho...1646, Thomas Browne, “Of Credulity and Supinity”, in Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], London: […] T[homas] H[arper] for Edward Dod, […], →OCLC, 1st book, page 17
- The perception of this law of laws awakens in the mind a sentiment which we call the religious sentiment, and which makes our highest happiness. […] This sentiment is divine and deifying. It is the beatitude of man. It makes him illimitable.1838, Ralph Waldo Emerson, An Address delivered before the Senior Class in Divinity College, Cambridge, Sunday evening, 15 July, 1838
illimitable meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam
illimitable in Hindi
- without limits or an end
- अपार apār
illimitable in Tamil
- எல்லையற்ற, வரம்பின்றிப் பரந்தகன்ற
illimitable in Urdu
- غیرمحدود
illimitable in Malayalam
- unlimited, limitless, unbounded
- അപരിമിതമായ, അനന്തം, അമേയം, അപാരം, സീമാതീതം, പരിധിയില്ലാത്ത
More languagesFewer languages
- illimitable in Sanskrit
- अपार apāra
Examples of illimitable in a sentence
- Through the sense of touch I know […] the illimitable variety of straight and curved lines,1908, Helen Keller, chapter 4, in The World I Live In,, New York: The Century Co., page 43:
- Behind him stretched the illimitable continent of heaven, steeped in a glory of light and color; before him rose the black night of Space, like a wall.ca. 1909, Mark Twain, Letters from the Earth [Introduction]
- The Mediterranean and the Euxine were illimitable stretches of ocean waste over which years could be spent in endless wandering.1909, Jack London, Revolution and Other Essays: The Shrinkage of the Planet:
- My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind.1992, Peter A. Bucky, Allen G. Weakland, quoting Albert Einstein, The private Albert Einstein, page 86:
Synonyms of illimitable
Antonyms
Forms of illimitable
| comparative | more illimitable |
|---|---|
| superlative | most illimitable |
Origin of illimitable
From il- + limitable.
Words formed from illimitable
Questions about illimitable
- What does illimitable mean?
- Illimitable means impervious to limitation, without limit.
- What is illimitable in Hindi?
- Illimitable in Hindi is अपार (apār). See Illimitable meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use illimitable in a sentence?
- Through the sense of touch I know […] the illimitable variety of straight and curved lines,
- What part of speech is illimitable?
- Illimitable is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce illimitable?
- Illimitable is pronounced /ɪˈlɪmɪtəbəl/.
Words near illimitable in the dictionary
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