INDEFENSIBLY

Etymology

Adverb

indefensibly (comparative more indefensibly, superlative most indefensibly)

In an indefensible manner.

Source: Wiktionary


In`de*fen"si*bly, adv.

Definition: In an indefensible manner.

INDEFENSIBLE

In`de*fen"si*ble, Etym: [Pref. in- not + defensible: cf. OF. indefensible, indefensable.]

Definition: Not defensible; not capable of being defended, maintained, vindicated, or justified; unjustifiable; untenable; as, an indefensible fortress, position, cause, etc. Men find that something can be said in favor of what, on the very proposal, they thought utterly indefensible. Burke.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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