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insurmountability

insurmountability noun: the state or quality of being insurmountable.

Noun

insurmountability (uncountable)

  1. The state or quality of being insurmountable.
    • But when we reflect that across the road at the centre of the arc of each curve there was a barricade, and cannon placed to rake the' intervals between the different barricades, the difficulties of the ascent, which is very steep, would be increased even to insurmountability.1877, John Joseph Henry, Account of Arnold's Campaign Against Quebec, J. Munsell, page 171
    • He dried his eyes. His aunt saw the insurmountability of the difficulty, and they drowned feeling in an affectionate glass of green-orangeade.1885, George Washington Cable, Richard Hooker WIlmer, Dr. Sevier, J. R. Osgood and Company, page 195

Origin of insurmountability

From in- + surmount + -ability.

Questions about insurmountability

What does insurmountability mean?
Insurmountability means the state or quality of being insurmountable.
What part of speech is insurmountability?
Insurmountability is a noun.

Words near insurmountability in the dictionary

  1. insurgently
  2. insurgents
  3. insurges
  4. insurging
  5. insuring
  6. insurmountability
  7. insurmountable
  8. insurmountableness
  9. insurmountably
  10. insurpassable
  11. insurrect

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