irrefragable
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adjective
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Etymology
Origin of irrefragable
First recorded in 1525–35; from Late Latin irrefragābilis, equivalent to Latin ir- ir- 2 + refragā(rī) “to resist, oppose” + -bilis -ble
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Irrefragable, ir-ref′ra-ga-bl, adj. that cannot be refuted: unanswerable.—ns.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
He was educated under Hales, the Irrefragable Doctor.
From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by Rameur, E.
The Irrefragable Doctor was Alexander Hales, a native of Gloucestershire, who died in 1245.
From Specimens of the Table Talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge by Coleridge, Henry Nelson
All are at his feet—the Irrefragable has been confuted by his arrows, the Seraphic has been found mortal, and the greatest philosopher and the least differ but according to the brief noise they have made.
From The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 1 by Japp, Alexander H. (Alexander Hay)
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