inextinguible

Etymology

From Middle French inextinguible and its source, Latin inextinguibilis.

Adjective

inextinguible (comparative more inextinguible, superlative most inextinguible)

1. (obsolete) Inextinguishable. [15th-17th c.]
   • 1621, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy, Oxford: Printed by Iohn Lichfield and Iames Short, for Henry Cripps, OCLC 216894069; The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd corrected and augmented edition, Oxford: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, 1624, OCLC 54573970, (please specify |partition=1, 2, or 3):
     , II.2.4:

     Cornelius Drible [hath made] a perpetual motion, inextinguible lights, linum non ardens, with many such feats […]

Alternative forms

• inextinguíbel

Adjective

inextinguible m, f (plural inextinguibles)

1. inextinguishable

Adjective

inextinguible (plural inextinguibles)

1. inextinguishable