irrefragableadj.

/ɪˈrɛfrəɡəb(ə)l/

Forms: In 1500s irrefragible.

Etymology: < late Latin irrefragābilis (Pseudo-August.), < ir- (ir- prefix²) + refragārī to oppose, contest: see -able suffix. So French irréfragable (15–16th cent. in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter).

1. That cannot be refuted or disproved; incontrovertible, incontestable, indisputable, irrefutable, undeniable. (Said of a statement, argument, etc., or of the person who advances it.) Irrefragable Doctor: epithet of the scholastic philosopher and theologian Alexander Hales.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > refutation, disproof > [adjective] > capable of being refuted > not

insoluble1533

irrefragable1533

unsoluble1559

irrefutable1620

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > absolute certainty > [adjective]

sickera1400

undoubtingc1400

undoubtablec1425

doubtlessc1440

unsoilablec1449

unwithsayablec1450

undoubtedc1460

indoubted?1467

indubitate1480

undubitate1482

unrepugnablea1500

infallible1526

questionless1532

insoluble1533

irrefragable1533

undoubtful1533

inexpugnablea1535

uncontrolleda1535

undeniable1541

indisputable1551

indoubtable1557

unsoluble1559

uncontrollable1577

infringible1581

irreprovable1581

ungainsaid1587

unquestionable1587

unquarrelled1588

peremptory1589

irrefragatea1592

unrefellable1593

unrefutable1594

controversiless1604

unquestioned1604

undisputable1605

impleadable1606

contradictless1607

unargued1609

unchallengeable1611

uncontroversable1617

ungainsayable1618

irrefutable1620

indeniable1621

undenied1621

incontradictable1624

indenied1624

indubious1625

indubitable1625

undisputeda1627

uncontroversed1634

unchallengeda1639

God-given1642

indisputed1643

unconfutable1643

undubitable1643

incontrollable1646

incontrovertible1646

unquarrellable1646

watertight1647

unquaerable1657

uncontrovertible1664

incontestable1673

inconfutable1679

uncontestable1681

uncontested1683

uncontradictory1698

uncontradictable1707

incontested1712

irrevinciblea1746

contestlessa1750

innegable1772

irrecusable1776

unrebuttable1804

unassailable1830

unimpugnable1832

irrebuttablea1834

unquibbled1860

inarguablea1875

automatic1877

inoppugnable1885

indiscussible1893

indiscutable1933

1533 T. More Debellacyon Salem & Bizance ii. xxi. f. clxiiii^v What is hys owne irrefragable reason that he layth agaynst all this?

1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 65 A truth confessed, certeine, firme and irrefragable.

1605 W. Camden Remaines i. 10 Alexander of Hales, the Irrefragable Doctor.

1749 D. Hartley Observ. Man i. iv. 423 Irrefragable Evidences of the Truth of the Facts.

1796 R. Southey Joan of Arc iii. 287 Doctors: teachers grave and with great names, Seraphic, Subtile, or Irrefragable, By their admiring scholars dignified.

1846 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters II. 40 I look to them [sc. early Italian masters] as in all points of principle..the most irrefragable authorities.

1875 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. III. xxi. 555 These are an irrefragable answer to the popular theories.

2. That cannot or must not be broken; indestructible; inviolable; irresistible. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > safety > [adjective] > safe or invulnerable > inviolable

sacred1530

irrefragable1562

inviolable1578

sanctioned1875

pamphract1890

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

1562 Latimer's Serm., 2nd Sunday Advent 135 They shal bee condemned with the irrefragible [1552 irreuocable] and vnchangeable iudgemente of god.

c1640 New Serm. of newest fashion (1877) 20 The orall Pack-needle of zeale, and stubborn irrefragable thred of ignorance.

1699 Ld. Shaftesbury Inq. conc. Virtue ii. ii. 117 Intire affection..is irrefragable, solid, and lasting.

1847 T. Medwin Life Shelley II. 28 A vain attempt to snap the chain only renders it more irrefragable.

1848 T. A. Buckley tr. Homer Iliad 229 Round their feet he threw golden fetters, irrefragable, indissoluble.

†3. Of persons: Obstinate, inflexible, stubborn.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [adjective] > inflexible

ironOE

stour1303

strange1338

unmovablea1382

inflexible1398

stoutc1410

unpliablea1425

intreatable1509

stiff1526

stiff-necked1526

unpliant1547

stout-hearted1552

inexorable1553

obstinate1559

strait-laced1560

impersuasible1576

unflexiblea1586

hard-edged1589

adamantive1594

unyielding1594

adder-deaf1597

steeled1600

irrefragable1601

rigid1606

unpersuadable1607

imployable1613

unswayablea1616

uncompellable1623

inflexive?1624

over-rigid1632

unlimbera1639

seta1640

incomplying1640

uncomplying1643

stiff-girt1659

impersuadable1680

unbendinga1688

impracticable1713

unblendable1716

stiff-rumped1728

unconvinciblea1747

uncompounding1782

unplastic1787

unbending1796

adamant1816

uneasy1819

uncompromising1828

cast iron1829

hard-hitting1831

rigoristic1844

ramrod1850

pincé1858

anchylosed1860

unbendable1884

tape-bound1900

tape-tied1900

hard line1903

tough1905

absolutist1907

hard-arsed1942

go-for-broke1946

hardcore1951

hard-arse1966

hard-ass1967

hardball1974

1601 A. Dent Plaine Mans Path-way to Heauen 365 For men are so obstinate and irrefragable, that they will bee brought into no order.

1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy Democritus to Rdr. 38 He is irrefragable in his humour.

1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy iii. ii. v. v. 653 Many young men are..as irrefragable and peeuish on the other side, Narcissus like.

Derivatives

iˈrrefragableness n. = irrefragability n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > absolute certainty > [noun]

irrefragability1609

unanswerableness1627

infallibilitya1631

uncontrollableness1634

unquestionableness1640

undeniableness1654

irrefragableness1682

incontestableness1727

indisputableness1727

indubitableness1727

inexpugnableness1727

unanswerability1750

incontrovertibility1775

unquestionability1815

impugnability1837

incontrovertibleness1837

incontestability1862

inexpugnability1864

irrefutability1864

indisputability1880

doubtlessness1895

indubitability1933

inescapability1945

1682 H. More Annot. Disc. Truth 256 in Two Choice & Useful Treat. The plainness and irrefragableness of this truth.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	irrefragable
释义	irrefragableadj. /ɪˈrɛfrəɡəb(ə)l/ Forms: In 1500s irrefragible. Etymology: < late Latin irrefragābilis (Pseudo-August.), < ir- (ir- prefix²) + refragārī to oppose, contest: see -able suffix. So French irréfragable (15–16th cent. in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter). 1. That cannot be refuted or disproved; incontrovertible, incontestable, indisputable, irrefutable, undeniable. (Said of a statement, argument, etc., or of the person who advances it.) Irrefragable Doctor: epithet of the scholastic philosopher and theologian Alexander Hales. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > refutation, disproof > [adjective] > capable of being refuted > not insoluble1533 irrefragable1533 unsoluble1559 irrefutable1620 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > absolute certainty > [adjective] sickera1400 undoubtingc1400 undoubtablec1425 doubtlessc1440 unsoilablec1449 unwithsayablec1450 undoubtedc1460 indoubted?1467 indubitate1480 undubitate1482 unrepugnablea1500 infallible1526 questionless1532 insoluble1533 irrefragable1533 undoubtful1533 inexpugnablea1535 uncontrolleda1535 undeniable1541 indisputable1551 indoubtable1557 unsoluble1559 uncontrollable1577 infringible1581 irreprovable1581 ungainsaid1587 unquestionable1587 unquarrelled1588 peremptory1589 irrefragatea1592 unrefellable1593 unrefutable1594 controversiless1604 unquestioned1604 undisputable1605 impleadable1606 contradictless1607 unargued1609 unchallengeable1611 uncontroversable1617 ungainsayable1618 irrefutable1620 indeniable1621 undenied1621 incontradictable1624 indenied1624 indubious1625 indubitable1625 undisputeda1627 uncontroversed1634 unchallengeda1639 God-given1642 indisputed1643 unconfutable1643 undubitable1643 incontrollable1646 incontrovertible1646 unquarrellable1646 watertight1647 unquaerable1657 uncontrovertible1664 incontestable1673 inconfutable1679 uncontestable1681 uncontested1683 uncontradictory1698 uncontradictable1707 incontested1712 irrevinciblea1746 contestlessa1750 innegable1772 irrecusable1776 unrebuttable1804 unassailable1830 unimpugnable1832 irrebuttablea1834 unquibbled1860 inarguablea1875 automatic1877 inoppugnable1885 indiscussible1893 indiscutable1933 1533 T. More Debellacyon Salem & Bizance ii. xxi. f. clxiiii^v What is hys owne irrefragable reason that he layth agaynst all this? 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 65 A truth confessed, certeine, firme and irrefragable. 1605 W. Camden Remaines i. 10 Alexander of Hales, the Irrefragable Doctor. 1749 D. Hartley Observ. Man i. iv. 423 Irrefragable Evidences of the Truth of the Facts. 1796 R. Southey Joan of Arc iii. 287 Doctors: teachers grave and with great names, Seraphic, Subtile, or Irrefragable, By their admiring scholars dignified. 1846 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters II. 40 I look to them [sc. early Italian masters] as in all points of principle..the most irrefragable authorities. 1875 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. III. xxi. 555 These are an irrefragable answer to the popular theories. 2. That cannot or must not be broken; indestructible; inviolable; irresistible. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > [adjective] > safe or invulnerable > inviolable sacred1530 irrefragable1562 inviolable1578 sanctioned1875 pamphract1890 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 1562 Latimer's Serm., 2nd Sunday Advent 135 They shal bee condemned with the irrefragible [1552 irreuocable] and vnchangeable iudgemente of god. c1640 New Serm. of newest fashion (1877) 20 The orall Pack-needle of zeale, and stubborn irrefragable thred of ignorance. 1699 Ld. Shaftesbury Inq. conc. Virtue ii. ii. 117 Intire affection..is irrefragable, solid, and lasting. 1847 T. Medwin Life Shelley II. 28 A vain attempt to snap the chain only renders it more irrefragable. 1848 T. A. Buckley tr. Homer Iliad 229 Round their feet he threw golden fetters, irrefragable, indissoluble. †3. Of persons: Obstinate, inflexible, stubborn. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [adjective] > inflexible ironOE stour1303 strange1338 unmovablea1382 inflexible1398 stoutc1410 unpliablea1425 intreatable1509 stiff1526 stiff-necked1526 unpliant1547 stout-hearted1552 inexorable1553 obstinate1559 strait-laced1560 impersuasible1576 unflexiblea1586 hard-edged1589 adamantive1594 unyielding1594 adder-deaf1597 steeled1600 irrefragable1601 rigid1606 unpersuadable1607 imployable1613 unswayablea1616 uncompellable1623 inflexive?1624 over-rigid1632 unlimbera1639 seta1640 incomplying1640 uncomplying1643 stiff-girt1659 impersuadable1680 unbendinga1688 impracticable1713 unblendable1716 stiff-rumped1728 unconvinciblea1747 uncompounding1782 unplastic1787 unbending1796 adamant1816 uneasy1819 uncompromising1828 cast iron1829 hard-hitting1831 rigoristic1844 ramrod1850 pincé1858 anchylosed1860 unbendable1884 tape-bound1900 tape-tied1900 hard line1903 tough1905 absolutist1907 hard-arsed1942 go-for-broke1946 hardcore1951 hard-arse1966 hard-ass1967 hardball1974 1601 A. Dent Plaine Mans Path-way to Heauen 365 For men are so obstinate and irrefragable, that they will bee brought into no order. 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy Democritus to Rdr. 38 He is irrefragable in his humour. 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy iii. ii. v. v. 653 Many young men are..as irrefragable and peeuish on the other side, Narcissus like. Derivatives iˈrrefragableness n. = irrefragability n. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > absolute certainty > [noun] irrefragability1609 unanswerableness1627 infallibilitya1631 uncontrollableness1634 unquestionableness1640 undeniableness1654 irrefragableness1682 incontestableness1727 indisputableness1727 indubitableness1727 inexpugnableness1727 unanswerability1750 incontrovertibility1775 unquestionability1815 impugnability1837 incontrovertibleness1837 incontestability1862 inexpugnability1864 irrefutability1864 indisputability1880 doubtlessness1895 indubitability1933 inescapability1945 1682 H. More Annot. Disc. Truth 256 in Two Choice & Useful Treat. The plainness and irrefragableness of this truth. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1533
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