Meanings
adjectiveinextinguible (comparative more inextinguible, superlative most inextinguible)
comparative more inextinguible · superlative most inextinguible
- obsoleteInextinguishable.First known use 15th–17th c.
Cornelius Drible [hath made] a perpetual motion, inextinguible lights, linum non ardens, with many such feats […]
1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II, section 2, member 4
Origin
- Latininextinguibilis
- Middle Frenchinextinguible
- Englishinextinguible
Borrowed from Middle French inextinguible and its source, Latin inextinguibilis.
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APA
inextinguible. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inextinguible
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Chicago
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