irrefragible
irrefragible is the alternative spelling of irrefragable.
Meaning of irrefragable
Adjective
irrefragable (comparative more irrefragable, superlative most irrefragable)
- Which cannot be refuted; clearly right, incontrovertible, indisputable, irrefutable.
- Beſide, what methodicall artiſt would allow the encomium of the foxe in the prayſe of the aſſe, unleſſe I would proove by irrefragable demonſtration, that the falſe fox was a true aſſe: as I once heard a learned phyſician affirme, if a gooſe were a fox, he was a fox.1593, Gabriell Haruey [i.e., Gabriel Harvey], Pierces Supererogation: Or A New Prayse of the Old Asse. A Preparative to Certaine Larger Discourses, Intituled Nashes S. Fame, London: […] Iohn Wolfe...
- Synonyms:
- incontestable, indubitable, unanswerable, undeniable, unquestionable, inarguable, incontrovertible, indeniable, indisputable, irrebuttable
- Antonyms:
- contestable, controvertible, deniable, disputable, dubitable, questionable, refragable, refutable
- Which cannot or should not be broken; indestructible.
- But this loue of ours is immoderate, inordinate, and not to be comprehended in any bounds. It will not containe it ſelfe within the vnion of marriage, or apply it ſelfe to one obiect, but it is a wandring extravagant, a domineering, a boundleſſe, an irrefragable paſſion: […]1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], “How Loue Tyrannizeth ouer Men. Loue or Heroicall Melancholy, His Definition, Part Affected.”, in The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition...
- Synonyms:
- inviolable, irresistible
- Of a person: obstinate, stubborn.
- Many young men are as obſtinate, and as curious in their choice, as tyrannically proud, inſulting, deceitfull, falſe hearing, as irrefragable & peeuiſh, Narciſſus like, […]1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], “The Last and Best Cure of Loue Melancholy, is, to Let Them Haue Their Desire”, in The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford...
- Synonyms:
- adamant, ardent, grim, untiring, bent on, bloody-minded, bullheaded, certain, chronic, confirmed
Forms of irrefragible
| comparative | more irrefragible |
|---|---|
| superlative | most irrefragible |
Questions about irrefragible
- What is irrefragible the alternative spelling of?
- Irrefragible is the alternative spelling of irrefragable.
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