Word of the Day:
ineluctable
What It Means
Impossible to avoid or escape; inescapable, irresistible.
Ineluctable in Context
“They have come under the yoke of ineluctable slavery.”
Did You Know?
From Middle French inéluctable (whence in- + e- and -able), from Latin inēlūctābilis, from in- + ēlūctor (“struggle out”) + -bilis.
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