inviolate

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English [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

  • (UK) IPA: /ɪnˈvaɪ.ə.lət/, /ɪnˈvaɪ.əʊˌleɪt/, X-SAMPA: /In"vaI.@.l@t/, /In"vaI.@U%leIt/
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Etymology [edit]

From Latin inviolatus.

Adjective [edit]

inviolate (comparative more inviolate, superlative most inviolate)

  1. Not violated; free from violation or hurt of any kind; secure against violation or impairment.
    His fortune of arms was still inviolate. — Francis Bacon.
  2. Incorruptible.
    Inviolate truth. — Denham.
    There chaste Alceste lives inviolate. — Spenser.

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References [edit]

  • inviolate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Italian [edit]

Adjective [edit]

inviolate f

  1. Feminine plural form of inviolato

Anagrams [edit]

Latin [edit]

Adjective [edit]

inviolāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of inviolātus
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