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indomitable, a.|ɪnˈdɒmɪtəb(ə)l|
[ad. late L. indomitābilis, f. in- (in-3) + domitāre to tame: see domitable.]
1. That cannot be tamed; untameable. ? Obs.
1634Sir T. Herbert Trav. 13 The inhabitants so indomitable. 1653A. Wilson Jas. I, 162 Indomitable Spirits by gentle usage may be tamed and brought to obedience.
b. Of temper and the like: passing into 2.
1828Scott F.M. Perth ix, Personal qualities of wisdom and valour, mingled with indomitable pride. 1828D'Israeli Chas. I, II. ii. 40 The genius of Richelieu alone could at once subdue an indomitable aristocracy. 1874Green Short Hist. vii. §1. 347 The temper of the man remained indomitable as ever.
2. Of persons, etc.: That cannot be overcome or subdued by labour, difficulties, or opposition; unyielding; stubbornly persistent or resolute. Usually approbative. (The ordinary use.)
1830Carlyle Misc. (1857) II. 133 A rugged, deep-rooted, indomitable strength. 1856Kane Arct. Expl. II. xiv. 145 The natives, as indomitable as their dogs, made the entire circuit of Dallas Bay. 1865Livingstone Zambesi xxi. 427 He has by indomitable energy overcome obstacles under which most persons would have sunk. 1873Smiles Huguenots Fr. i. vi. (1881) 100 They were alike indomitable and obstinate in their assertion of the rights of conscience.
Hence indomitaˈbility, inˈdomitableness, the quality of being indomitable.
1851Sir F. Palgrave Norm. & Eng. I. 311 This young prince..obtained singular importance through his spirit, his indomitability. 1860Pusey Min. Proph. 116 Joel exhibits the indomitableness of the locusts, how nothing checks, nothing retards them. |