undiminishable

undiminishable

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
English un-
English diminishable
English undiminishable

    From un- + diminishable.

    Adjective

    undiminishable (comparative more undiminishable, superlative most undiminishable)

    1. Unable to be diminished.
      • 1841, R[alph] W[aldo] Emerson, “(please specify the essay number)”, in Essays, Boston, Mass.: James Munroe and Company, →OCLC:
        The purest literary talent appears at one time great, at another time small, but character is of a stellar and undiminishable greatness.
      • 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 […]
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