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indubitable
English
Etymology
in- +? dubitable
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?n?dju?b?t?b?l/
- (US) IPA(key): /?n?dub?t?b?l/
Adjective
indubitable (comparative more indubitable, superlative most indubitable)
- clearly true; providing no possibility of doubt.
- The indubitable effect of the potion convinced many nonbelievers.
Synonyms
- undoubtable
Derived terms
- indubitably
Translations
Noun
indubitable (plural indubitables)
- That which is indubitable.
- If we build logically upwards from a few indubitables, the whole system must remain correct.
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin ind?bit?bilis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??.dy.bi.tabl/
Adjective
indubitable (plural indubitables)
- indubitable
- Synonym: incontestable
Derived terms
- indubitablement
Further reading
- “indubitable” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Spanish
Adjective
indubitable (plural indubitables)
- indubitable
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irrefragable
English
Etymology
From Latin irrefr?g?bilis, from refr?gor (“oppose, contest”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /????f????b(?)l/, /?i???fra??b(?)l/
- (General American) IPA(key): /????f????b(?)l/, /?i???fræ??b(?)l/
- (UK) IPA(key): /?i???fra??b(?)l/
Adjective
irrefragable (comparative more irrefragable, superlative most irrefragable)
- Which cannot be refuted; indisputable, clearly right, incontrovertible. [from 16th c.]
- 1885, Charlotte M. Yonge, Nuttie's Father, ch. 20:
- Bulfinch, a solicitor at Redcastle, came to him with irrefragable proofs of gross peculation on the part of the bailiff.
- 1913, Jack London, John Barleycorn, ch. 19:
- [W]e didn't. That is the irrefragable fact. We didn't.
- 2001 Jan. 14, Harold Evans, "Bookend: White House Book Club," New York Times (retrieved 18 Nov 2012):
- Lionel Trilling has cautioned us that an idea derived from reading is not a unitary, irrefragable thing but something modified in its transmission.
- 1885, Charlotte M. Yonge, Nuttie's Father, ch. 20:
Synonyms
- (which cannot be refuted): incontestable, incontrovertible, indisputable, indubitable, irrefutable, unanswerable, undeniable, unquestionable
Antonyms
- refragable
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Translations
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