immovables

[ih-moo-vuh-buhl]

im·mov·a·ble

[ih-moo-vuh-buhl]
adjective
1.
incapable of being moved; fixed; stationary.
2.
incapable of being influenced by feeling; emotionless: an immovable heart; an immovable tyrant.
3.
incapable of being moved from one's purpose, opinion, etc.; steadfast; unyielding.
4.
not subject to change; unalterable.
5.
not moving; motionless.
EXPAND
6.
Law.
a.
not liable to be removed, or permanent in place.
b.
(of property) real, as distinguished from personal.
7.
not changing from one date to another in different years: Christmas is an immovable feast.
COLLAPSE
noun
8.
something immovable.
9.
immovables, Law. lands and the appurtenances thereof, as trees and buildings.

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Immovables is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
Also, im·move·a·ble.


Origin:
1325–75; Middle English immevable, immovable; see im-2, movable

im·mov·a·bil·i·ty, im·mov·a·ble·ness, noun
im·mov·a·bly, adverb


3. obdurate, inflexible, unbending, adamant.

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