indomitable
English
Etymology
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(deprecated template usage) From Late Latin indomitabilis, from in- (“not”) + domitare, frequentative of domare (“to tame”).
Pronunciation
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Adjective
indomitable (comparative more indomitable, superlative most indomitable)
- Incapable of being subdued, overcome, or vanquished.
- 1902, A. E. W. Mason, The Four Feathers, ch. 1:
- Personal courage and an indomitable self-confidence were the chief, indeed the only, qualities which sprang to light in General Feversham.
- 1910, William Henry Hudson, A Shepherd's Life, ch. 7:
- But he was a youth of indomitable spirit, strong and agile as a wild cat.
- 2007, Richard Corliss, "When Betty Got Frank," Time, 31 March:
- Nobody came on to the movie camera—wrapped it in a bear hug and wrestled it to submission—like Betty Hutton. They called this 40s singer-actress "the Blitzkrieg blond" . . . . [S]he was indomitable, unstoppable.
- 1902, A. E. W. Mason, The Four Feathers, ch. 1:
Synonyms
Related terms
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Category English terms derived from the Dem root indomitable- not found
Translations
incapable of being subdued, overcome, or vanquished
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