Meanings
comparative more undiminishable · superlative most undiminishable
- Unable to be diminished.
1957, J. D. Salinger, "Zooey", in, 1961, Franny and Zooey, 1991 LB Books edition, page 52, […] could have disfigured or coarsened his bounteous good looks in a day or a second. But what was undiminishable […] was an authentic esprit superimposed over his entire face […]
1 more example
The purest literary talent appears at one time great, at another time small, but character is of a stellar and undiminishable greatness.
1841, R[alph] W[aldo] Emerson, “(please specify the essay number)”, in Essays, Boston, Mass.: James Munroe and Company, →OCLC
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Englishdiminishable
- Englishundiminishable
From un- + diminishable.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
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