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unextinguishableness en · NOUN

Etymology

From unextinguishable + -ness.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) inextinguishability
    • The special point to be drawn out in the mention of "coals of juniper," is the unextinguishableness of such fuel. There is a marvellous story in the Midrash which illustrates this very well. 1882, Charles Haddon Spurgeon, The Treasury of David, volume 6, page 411: