implausible

implausible

English

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *né
Proto-Indo-European *n̥-
Proto-Italic *ən-
Latin in-bor.
Middle English in-
English im-
English plausible
English implausible

    From im- + plausible.

    Adjective

    implausible (comparative more implausible, superlative most implausible)

    1. Not plausible; unlikely; dubious.
      Antonym: plausible
      • 2008 February 17, Mark Liberman, “More on Harper”, in Language Log:
        Harper finds the idea that Latin developed into the modern Romance languages too implausible to believe.

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