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–adjective
1.
not to be broken or violated; inviolable:
an irrefrangible rule of etiquette.
2.
incapable of being refracted.
Origin:
1710–20;
ir-
2
+
refrangible
Related forms:
ir⋅re⋅fran⋅gi⋅bil⋅i⋅ty,
ir⋅re⋅fran⋅gi⋅ble⋅ness,
noun
ir⋅re⋅fran⋅gi⋅bly,
adverb
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ir·re·fran·gi·ble
(ĭr'ĭ-frān'jə-bəl)
adj.
Impossible to break; indestructible:
irrefrangible cookware.
Physics
That cannot be refracted.
ir're·fran'gi·bly
adv.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History
irrefrangible
c.1719, "that cannot be broken," from
in-
"not" +
refrangible,
from
re-
"back" + L.
frangere
"to break" (see
fraction
).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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