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indisputable, a.|ɪnˈdɪspjuːtəb(ə)l, ɪndɪˈspjuːtəb(ə)l|
[ad. late L. indisputābilis (Cassiodorus), f. in- (in-3) + disputābilis, disputable.]
1. That cannot be disputed; unquestionable.
1551Robinson tr. More's Utopia i. (1895) 91 [That] whiche with good and iust Judges is of greater force than all lawes be, the Kynges indisputable prerogatiue. 1643Sir T. Browne Relig. Med. i. §29 Great and indisputable miracle, the cessation of Oracles. 1790Burke Fr. Rev. Wks. V. 74 The Revolution was made to preserve our ancient, indisputable laws and liberties. 1883Froude Short Stud. IV. ii. iii. 192 One of those persons of indisputable genius who was likely to make a mark upon his time.
†2. Undisputing. Obs. rare.
1742Richardson Pamela IV. 74 ‘My Lady commands so or so’..are sure to meet with an indisputable Obedience.
Hence indisputaˈbility, indisputableness, the character or fact of being indisputable.
1727Bailey vol. II, Indisputableness,..unquestionableness, so great Certainty, as not to be argued against. 1856Ruskin Mod. Paint. IV. v. xix. §32 People shut their eyes to the dark indisputableness of the facts in front of them. 1880A. Arnold Free Land 207 It may be stated with a considerable degree of indisputability. |