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undivorceable en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English divorceable English undivorceable From un- + divorceable.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Not divorceable; unable to divorce.
    • In spite of the shamefaced end of their affair, the three years with him—well, near him; he was mightily undivorceable—were wonderful. 2003, Toni Morrison, Love, Vintage (2016), page 83:
  2. (not-comparable) Inseparable; that cannot be separated.