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insuppressible

[in-suh-pres-uh-buh l]
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adjective
  1. incapable of being suppressed; irrepressible: his insuppressible humor.
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Origin of insuppressible

First recorded in 1600–10; in-3 + suppressible
Related formsin·sup·press·i·bly, adverb
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Examples from the Web for insuppressible

Historical Examples

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

    The Rainbow

    D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

  • 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.

    Robert Browning

    C. H. Herford

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

    Thomas Wingfold, Curate

    George MacDonald

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

    Memoirs of a Midget

    Walter de la Mare

British Dictionary definitions for insuppressible

insuppressible

adjective
  1. incapable of being suppressed, overcome, or muffledan insuppressible giggle
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Derived Formsinsuppressibly, adverb
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