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irrepugnable

irrepugnable adjective: that cannot be repugned; not repudiable; irresistible; irrefutable; unobjectionable.

Adjective

irrepugnable (comparative more irrepugnable, superlative most irrepugnable)

  1. That cannot be repugned; not repudiable; irresistible; irrefutable; unobjectionable.
    • He conceived by that which he found in himself, the irrepugnable voice of Cupid, and considered (by that he knew too well) the unbridled fury of cruel...1598, Jorge de Montemayor, Gaspar Gil Polo, Alonso Pérez de Montalbán, Diana of George of Montemayor, page 285
    • […] his Answers are so far off from being demonstrative, that is to say, evident, certain an irrepugnable, as that they are not so much as logical […]1609, Robert Parsons, A Quiet and Sober Reckoning, page 550

Examples of irrepugnable in a sentence

  • […] it being an irrepugnable tower against all evil and violence.1683, Thomas Tryon, The Way to Health, Long Life and Happiness, Or: A Discourse of Temperance, page 1683
  • […] the latter forthright betook himself to the four brothers and plying them with store of such words as behoved unto the matter, in fine, with irrepugnable arguments […]2013, Giovanni Boccaccio, The Decameron, page circa 140 (unpaginated)

Forms of irrepugnable

comparativemore irrepugnable
superlativemost irrepugnable

Origin of irrepugnable

From ir- + repugn + -able.

Questions about irrepugnable

What does irrepugnable mean?
Irrepugnable means that cannot be repugned; not repudiable; irresistible; irrefutable; unobjectionable.
How do you use irrepugnable in a sentence?
[…] it being an irrepugnable tower against all evil and violence.
What part of speech is irrepugnable?
Irrepugnable is an adjective.

Words near irrepugnable in the dictionary

  1. irreptions
  2. irreptitious
  3. irreptitiously
  4. irrepublican
  5. irrepudiable
  6. irrepugnable
  7. irreputable
  8. irrescindable
  9. irresectability
  10. irresectable
  11. irresilient

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