inextinct
English
Etymology
From Latin inextinctus, inexstinctus. See extinct.
Adjective
inextinct (not comparable)
- (archaic) Not quenched; not extinct, still lively.
- 1876, Herman Melville, “(please specify the canto or chapter)”, in Walter E. Bezanson, editor, Clarel: A Poem and Pilgrimage in the Holy Land […], New York, N.Y.: Hendricks House, published 1960, →OCLC:
- Yet beauty inextinct may charm
References
- “inextinct”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.