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inconcussible

inconcussible adjective: firm; solid.

Adjective

inconcussible (comparative more inconcussible, superlative most inconcussible)

  1. Firm; solid.
    • an inconcussible foundation
    • Who were they that did put far away the evil day, and, in despite of the prophet's threatenings, did flatter themselves in the conceit of their firm and inconcussible estate; but they who were at ease in Zion, who trusted upon mountains of Samaria, who lay upon beds of ivory, and stretched...1825, Edward Reynolds (Bishop of Norwich.), C. Bradley, Seven Sermons on the Fourteenth Chapter of Hosea, page 320
  2. Unwavering; steadfast.
    • an inconcussible conviction
    • What he called the "pure ether" and "transparent" texture of the triumphant Notion were assertions of the necessary reality, the inconcussible certainty of fact that had become pellucid.2013, John Laird, Mind and Deity, page 2013
  3. Unassailable; incontrovertible.
    • an inconcussible fact
    • The judgment has gone forth as valid and inconcussible, in spite of assessors impugning it, who belong to the highest order of religious teachers recognized by the State.1865, The Royal Supremacy and the Court of Final Appeal., page 30

Examples of inconcussible in a sentence

  • Well, then, the Protestant establishments and the Protestant Bible are to fall together, and the Holy See alone to remain inconcussible.1864, The Intellectual repository for the New Church, page 320:
  • One writer puts forth "Meditations on a Table," and from observing a crack in that article of furniture, draws the obvious moral that "true fame must be built on the inconcussible rock of virtue."1907, T.L.O. Davies, “An Old Southampton Newspaper”, in Papers and Proceedings of the Hampshire Field Club and Archaeological Society...
  • Truth is inconcussible — forever exempt from all transient vicissitudes, albeit never dead and formal, always vibrant and adaptable — radiantly alive.2011, Nicholas P. Snoek, Urantia the Earth-The Origin of It All, page 60:
  • And finally I thank my kin, who have seen past fortune and misfortune with the inconcussible evenness of love.2014, David van Dusen, The Space of Time, page xi:

Forms of inconcussible

comparativemore inconcussible
superlativemost inconcussible

Origin of inconcussible

From in- (“not”) + Latin concussibilis (“that can be shaken”). See concussion.

Questions about inconcussible

What does inconcussible mean?
Inconcussible means firm; solid.
How do you use inconcussible in a sentence?
Well, then, the Protestant establishments and the Protestant Bible are to fall together, and the Holy See alone to remain inconcussible.
What part of speech is inconcussible?
Inconcussible is an adjective.

Words near inconcussible in the dictionary

  1. inconcoct
  2. inconcocted
  3. inconcoction
  4. inconcrete
  5. inconcurring
  6. inconcussible
  7. incondensability
  8. incondensable
  9. incondensible
  10. incondign
  11. incondite

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