† inextinguibleadj.
Obsolete.
= inextinguishable adj.
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the mind > will > decision > perseverance or persistence > [adjective] > of actions or qualities
inextinguible1412
inextinguishable1509
assiduatea1513
assiduousa1552
unwearied1561
unweariable1571
assidual1622
inextinct1623
unrelented1651
inextinguished1746
unrelaxed1825
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [adjective] > not destroyed > indestructible
unquenchablea1382
inextinguible1412
undestroyablea1420
surec1475
inextinguishable1509
undelible1534
unperishable1538
irrefragable1562
inconsumptible1579
inquenchable1583
undefaceable1587
irrefringible1596
insuppressible1610
irrazable1622
unextinguishable1656
imperdible1660
indissolvable1660
indestructible1674
unannihilable1678
undestructible1807
undemolishable1837
unobliteratable1872
uneliminable1876
1412–20 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy iii. xxviii. (Digby) lf. 134/1 Þat was by crafte made in extinguible For it ne myȝt..Neiþer be queynt wt winde, tempest, ne reyn.
?1504 W. Atkinson tr. Thomas à Kempis Ful Treat. Imytacyon Cryste (Pynson) iii. lxiii. 256 They brenne in soule with the ardoure of inextynguyble charyte.
1594 Mirrour Policie (1599) 186 The inextinguible fire of ciuile war.
1604 T. Wright Passions of Minde (new ed.) vi. 325 Those inextinguible flames of infernall fernaces.
1677 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. IV iv. 142 This infinite inextinguible thirst after terrene goods.
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