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inexorable - 4 dictionary results

in⋅ex⋅o⋅ra⋅ble

[in-ek-ser-uh-buhl]
–adjective
1. unyielding; unalterable: inexorable truth; inexorable justice.
2. not to be persuaded, moved, or affected by prayers or entreaties: an inexorable creditor.

Origin:
1545–55; < L inexōrābilis. See in- 3 , exorable


in⋅ex⋅o⋅ra⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, in⋅ex⋅o⋅ra⋅ble⋅ness, noun
in⋅ex⋅o⋅ra⋅bly, adverb


2. unbending; severe, relentless, unrelenting, implacable, merciless, cruel, pitiless. See inflexible.


2. flexible; merciful.
in·ex·o·ra·ble   (ĭn-ěk'sər-ə-bəl)   
adj.  Not capable of being persuaded by entreaty; relentless: an inexorable opponent; a feeling of inexorable doom. See Synonyms at inflexible.

[Latin inexōrābilis : in-, not; see in-1 + exōrābilis, pliant (from exōrāre, to prevail upon : ex-, intensive pref.; see ex- + ōrāre, to argue).]
in·ex'o·ra·bil'i·ty, in·ex'o·ra·ble·ness n., in·ex'o·ra·bly adv.

Inexorable

In*ex"o*ra*ble\, a. [L. inexorabilis: cf. F. inexorable. See In- not, and Exorable, Adore.] Not to be persuaded or moved by entreaty or prayer; firm; determined; unyielding; unchangeable; inflexible; relentless; as, an inexorable prince or tyrant; an inexorable judge. "Inexorable equality of laws." --Gibbon. "Death's inexorable doom." --Dryden.

You are more inhuman, more inexorable, O, ten times more than tigers of Hyrcania. --Shak.
Language Translation for : inexorable
Spanish: inflexible, inexorable,
German: eisern,
Japanese: 断固とした

inexorable 
1553, from L. inexorabilis "that cannot be moved by entreaty," from in- "not" + exorabilis "able to be entreated," from exorare "to prevail upon," from ex- "out" + orare "pray."
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