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unconquerableness en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English unconquerable Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English unconquerableness From unconquerable + -ness.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The quality or state of being unconquerable.
    • VVhen all the Perſians ſoothed the King in the vnconquerableneſſe of his forces, Artabanus told him, that he feared no enemies but the Sea and the Earth; the one yeelding no ſafe harbour for ſuch a Navie; the other not yeelding ſufficient ſuſtenance for ſo multitudinous an Armie. 1625, Peter Heylyn, “Of the World: And First of Europe. The Grecian Iles.”, in Μικρόκοσμος [Mikrókosmos]. A Little Description of the Great World. […], revised edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Iohn Litchfield and William Turner, and are to be sold by W. Turner and T. Huggins, →OCLC, page 424: