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insuppressible

[ in-suh-pres-uh-buhl ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

insuppressible

/ ˌɪnsəˈprɛsəbəl /

First recorded in 1600–10; in- ³ + suppressible ( def )

Kid was a witty man, usually overflowing with innocent mirth; even in sight of the gallows his humor was insuppressible.

The insuppressible alertness and enterprise of his own mind tells upon his portrayal of these intense moments.

Perhaps some men so die—I do not know; it were better than to live, and to bore their friends with the insuppressible.

At that, in an insuppressible gush of happiness I laughed out with him, like a flageolet in a concourse of bassoons.

"Vicar has his butter fra Brown's by rights," said the insuppressible servant-woman.

April 18, 2024petrichor

[pet-ri-kawr]

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