INVULNERABLE

invulnerable

(adjective) immune to attack; impregnable; “gunners raked the beach from invulnerable positions on the cliffs”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

invulnerable (not comparable)

Incapable of being injured; not vulnerable.

Unanswerable; irrefutable

Source: Wiktionary


In*vul"ner*a*ble, a. Etym: [L. invulnerabilis: cf. F. invulnérable. See In- not, and Vulnerable.]

1. Incapable of being wounded, or of receiving injury. Neither vainly hope To be invulnerable in those bright arms. Milton.

2. Unanswerable; irrefutable; that can not be refuted or convinced; as, an invulnerable argument.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Coffee Trivia

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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