illimitable

[ih-lim-i-tuh-buhl]

adjective

1. incapable of being limited; limitless; boundless.

illimitable

/ ɪˈlɪmɪtəbəl /

adjective

1. limitless; boundless

Other Word Forms

• illimitability noun
• illimitableness noun
• illimitably adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of illimitable¹

First recorded in 1590–1600; il- ² + limitable ( def. )

Example Sentences

His narcissism, his megalomania, his delicate yet illimitable ego, would have it no other way.

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Well past age 90, when she became the oldest woman to win a Grammy, Cotten enthralled audiences with her illimitable music and storytelling.

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“And Darkness and Decay and the Red Death held illimitable dominion over all,” concludes Poe.

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Indeed, for all its campy excess, Corman’s film ends with the Poe story’s grim epitaph: “And Darkness and Decay and the Red Death held illimitable dominion over all.”

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His evocative images tantalise us with illimitable horizons and an alternative way of life.

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