inexorable

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Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

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Definition

  1. adjective not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty
  2. adjective impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason; ; - W.Churchill

Etymology

From Middle French inexorable, from Latin inexōrābilis (“relentless, inexorable”) (or directly from the Latin word), from in- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + exōrābilis (“that may be moved or persuaded by entreaty; exorable”). Exōrābilis is derived from exōrāre (from exōrō (“to persuade, win over; to beg, entreat, plead”), from ex- (prefix meaning ‘out of’) + ōrō (“to beg, entreat, plead, pray; to deliver a speech, orate”), from ōs (“mouth”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃éh₁os (“mouth”)) + -bilis (suffix forming adjectives indicating a capacity or worth of being acted upon). By surface analysis, in- + exorable.

In classic literature

Synonyms

grim, relentless, stern, unappeasable, unforgiving, unrelenting

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