inviolate

English

Etymology

From Latin inviolatus.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ɪnˈvaɪ.ə.lət/, /ɪnˈvaɪ.əʊˌleɪt/
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Adjective

inviolate (comparative more inviolate, superlative most inviolate)

  1. Not violated; free from violation or hurt of any kind; secure against violation or impairment.
    • Francis Bacon
      His fortune of arms was still inviolate.
  2. Incorruptible.
    • Denham
      inviolate truth
    • Edmund Spenser
      There chaste Alceste lives inviolate.

References

  • inviolate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Italian

Adjective

inviolate

  1. feminine plural of inviolato

Anagrams

Latin

Adjective

inviolāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of inviolātus

References

  • inviolate in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • inviolate in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
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