inimicable

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/ɪˈnɪ.mɪ.kə.bəl/

adjective

Synonym of inimical (“harmful, hostile”).

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inimical
OriginLatin inimīcus →
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Meanings

adjectiveinimicable (comparative more inimicable, superlative most inimicable)

comparative more inimicable · superlative most inimicable

  1. rareSynonym of inimical (“harmful, hostile”).
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    Angel incarnate!—as we have heretofore justly denominated thee—woman of virtue, piety, and truth!—guard, strictly guard every avenue to that inestimable storehouse of bliss for man—thy yet untainted heart!—let no envy of even a rival’s beauty; no malice; no hatred; no pride; no self-interest, inimicable to the felicity of others; corrupt thy purity; be, as thou wert intended by thy creator, the ornament; the glory; the fairest of his works!

    1805, Eugenia de Acton [pseudonym; Alethea Lewis], “Fortune Telling Concluded”, in The Nuns of the Desert; or, The Woodland Witches. […], volume I, London: […] Minerva-Press, for Lane, Newman, and Co. […], →OCLC, page 118

    Synonyms: inimical

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveSynonym of inimical (“harmful, hostile”).

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inimical
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inimical

Origin

  1. Latininimīcus“enemy”
  2. Englishinimicable

From in- + amicable, after Latin inimīcus (“enemy”) from in- + amīcus, inimical. Piecewise doublet of inamiable, inamicable, unamiable, and unamicable.

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