Meanings
comparative more unsilenceable · superlative most unsilenceable
- Unable to be silenced
It may be impossible to replace Fela Anikulapo Kuti, the unsilenceable Nigerian dissident who was the patriarch of Afrobeat.
2009 January 2, Amanda Petrusich, “Pop and Rock Listings”, in New York Times
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Englishsilenceable
- Englishunsilenceable
From un- + silenceable.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Greek ασίγαστος
- ασίγαστος (asígastos)Unable to be silenced
Cite this entry
unsilenceable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unsilenceable
“unsilenceable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unsilenceable. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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