ineluctable
[in-i-luhk-tuh-buh l]
- incapable of being evaded; inescapable: an ineluctable destiny.
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Origin of ineluctable
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Contemporary Examples
Back then, today was supposed to be the official beginning of the slow and ineluctable ascent to the White House.
Historical Examples
To step across the line would have been an ineluctable attempt.
Painted VeilsJames Huneker
Exactly: and that is the ineluctable modality of the audible.
UlyssesJames Joyce
Ineluctable modality of the visible: at least that if no more, thought through my eyes.
UlyssesJames Joyce
The business bound his imagination with an ineluctable fascination.
The Destroying AngelLouis Joseph Vance
The blows of fate are ineluctable; no man shall evade his doom.
The Revolt of the AngelsAnatole France
ineluctable
- (esp of fate) incapable of being avoided; inescapable
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Word Origin
C17: from Latin inēluctābilis, from in- 1 + ēluctārī to escape, from luctārī to struggle
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Word Origin and History for ineluctable
adj.
"not to be escaped by struggling," 1620s, from Latin ineluctabilis "unavoidable, inevitable," from in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + eluctari "to struggle out of," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + luctari "to struggle" (see reluctance).
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