undiminishable en · ADJ
Etymology
From un- + diminishable.
Meanings
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Unable to be diminished.
The purest literary talent appears at one time great, at another time small, but character is of a stellar and undiminishable greatness.
1841, R[alph] W[aldo] Emerson, “(please specify the essay number)”, in Essays, Boston, Mass.: James Munroe and Company, →OCLC:1957, J. D. Salinger, "Zooey", in, 1961, Franny and Zooey, 1991 LB Books edition, page 52, […] could have disfigured or coarsened his bounteous good looks in a day or a second. But what was undiminishable […] was an authentic esprit superimposed over his entire face […]
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most undiminishable | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more undiminishable | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |