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irrefutable, a.|ɪrɪˈfjuːtəb(ə)l, ɪˈrɛfjuːtəb(ə)l|
[ad. L. irrefutābil-is, f. ir- (ir-2) + refutābilis, f. refutāre to refute. So mod.F. irréfutable. The pronunciations reˈfutable, irreˈfutable, in most Dicts. from Bailey and Johnson, show that the words were referred to the Eng. refute rather than L. refutāre.]
That cannot be refuted or disproved; incontrovertible, irrefragable.
1620Bp. Hall Hon. Mar. Clergy iii. 12 Heare that irrefutable discourse of Cardinall Caietan. 1655H. More App. Antid. (1662) 190 Though our Argumentations for an Immaterial Soul in the Body of man be solid and irrefutable. 1826Southey Vind. Eccl. Angl. 50 Our unrefuted and irrefutable apologist. 1886J. E. C. Welldon tr. Aristotle's Rhet. 18 When we suppose the statement we make to be irrefutable. |