irresoluble

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adjective

Difficult if not impossible to resolve; irresolvable.

OriginEnglish resoluble ← Latin ir- ← Proto-Italic *n̥- →
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Meanings

adjectiveirresoluble (comparative more irresoluble, superlative most irresoluble)

comparative more irresoluble · superlative most irresoluble

  1. Difficult if not impossible to resolve; irresolvable.

    When I saw him in the hallway with that weary look in his eyes, I thought of Kafka writing of his father, that the difference between them was one of temperament, as if their rift was irresoluble, no one’s fault.

    2025, Aria Aber, Good Girl, Bloomsbury, page 252

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥-
  4. Latinin-
  5. Latinir-
  6. Englishir-
  7. Englishresoluble
  8. Englishirresoluble

From ir- + resoluble.

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APA

irresoluble. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/irresoluble

MLA

“irresoluble.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/irresoluble. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “irresoluble,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/irresoluble.

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