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irrepressibility

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ir⋅re⋅press⋅i⋅ble

  [ir-i-pres-uh-buhl]
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–adjective
incapable of being repressed or restrained; uncontrollable: irrepressible laughter.
Origin:
1805–15; ir- 2 + repressible

Related forms:
ir⋅re⋅press⋅i⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, ir⋅re⋅press⋅i⋅ble⋅ness, noun
ir⋅re⋅press⋅i⋅bly, adverb
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ir·re·press·i·ble   (ĭr'ĭ-prěs'ə-bəl)   
adj.  Difficult or impossible to control or restrain: irrepressible laughter.
ir're·press'i·bil'i·ty, ir're·press'i·ble·ness n., ir're·press'i·bly adv.
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Word Origin & History

irrepressible 
1811, from in- "not" + repressible (see repress). First attested in "Sense and Sensibility."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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