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unaˈssailable, a.
[un-1 7 b.]
1. Not assailable; not open to assault or attack. Also fig.
1596Spenser F.Q. v. ix. 5 Thereto both his owne wylie wit (she sayd), And eke the fastnesse of his dwelling place, Both vnassaylable, gaue him great ayde. 1601Shakes. Jul. C. iii. i. 69, I do know but One That vnassayleable holds on his Ranke, Vnshak'd of Motion. 1825J. Neal Bro. Jonathan III. 121 He was always the same,..alike unassailable—inscrutable. 1841Elphinstone Hist. Ind. I. 543 The chief had occupied an unassailable position, but was drawn out by a pretended flight. 1871Macduff Mem. Patmos xii. 167 They have a..heritage of tribulation: but their spiritual safety is unassailable.
2. Not open to adverse criticism.
1830Mackintosh Progr. Eth. Philos. Wks. 1846 I. 120 In both cases he occupies the unassailable ground of an appeal to consciousness. 1884Manch. Exam. 17 Sept. 4/6 The President's address..does not actually lead us to any unassailable conclusions.
Hence unaˈssailableness; -ably adv.
1854Geo. Eliot tr. Feuerbach's Essence Christianity xiv. 136 The truth and unassailableness of their subjective feelings. 1870Pall Mall G. 20 Oct. 3 America possesses over us the advantages of distance and unassailableness. 1876Bancroft Hist. U.S. VI. xxxvii. 184 The two oceans, between which the republic has unassailably intrenched itself. |