inconcealable

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English

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Etymology

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From in- +‎ concealable.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɪŋkənˈsiːləbəl/

Adjective

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inconcealable (comparative more inconcealable, superlative most inconcealable)

  1. Not concealable.
    Synonym: unconcealable
    • 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: [], 2nd edition, London: [] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, [], →OCLC:
      For the inconcealable imperfections of ourselves, or their daily examples in others, will hourly prompt us our corruption, and loudly tell us we are the sons of earth.
    • 2020, Hilary Mantel, The Mirror and the Light, Fourth Estate, page 709:
      He sits in Whitehall, the year folding around him, aware of the shadow of his hand as it moves across the paper, his own inconcealable fist.

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