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Definitions for inextinguishable
ˌɪn ɪkˈstɪŋ gwɪ ʃə bəlin·ex·tin·guish·able
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Princeton's WordNet
inextinguishableadjective
difficult or impossible to extinguish
"an inextinguishable flame"; "an inextinguishable faith"
Wiktionary
inextinguishableadjective
Incapable of being extinguished
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Inextinguishableadjective
Unquenchable.
Etymology: inextinguible, Fr. in and extinguo, Latin.
Pillars, statues, and other memorials, are a sort of shadow of an endless life, and show an inextinguishable desire which all men have of it. Nehemiah Grew, Cosmol.
Webster Dictionary
Inextinguishableadjective
not capable of being extinguished; extinguishable; unquenchable; as, inextinguishable flame, light, thirst, desire, feuds
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Inextinguishable
in-eks-ting′gwish-a-bl, adj. that cannot be extinguished, quenched, or destroyed.—adv. Inextin′guishably.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of inextinguishable in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of inextinguishable in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of inextinguishable in a Sentence
There is a diabolical trio existing in the natural man, implacable, inextinguishable, co-operative and consentaneous, pride, envy, and hate; pride that makes us fancy we deserve all the goods that others possess; envy that some should be admired while we are overlooked; and hate, because all that is bestowed on others, diminishes the sum we think due to ourselves.
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