inexpugnableとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA: /ˌɪnɛkˈspʌɡnəbəl/, /ˌɪnɪkˈspʌɡnəbəl/

形容詞

inexpugnable (comparative more inexpugnable, superlative most inexpugnable)

1. Impossible to eliminate or destroy; impregnable.
   • 1840, Thomas Carlyle, Heroes and Hero Worship‎:

     My one hope of the world, my inexpugnable consolation in looking at the miseries of the world, is that this is altering.

   • 1911, H. G. Wells, The Country of the Blind, And Other Stories‎:

     It crept into one's mind, a distress as vague and inexpugnable as a sea fog on a spring morning, and presently one shivered and wanted to go indoors...

   • 1915, Joseph Conrad, Victory‎:

     This seemed to be an inexpugnable refuge, where we could live untroubled and learn to know each other."

派生語

アナグラム

• inexpungable