in·dom·i·ta·ble (
n-d
m
-t
-bl)adj.
Incapable of being overcome, subdued, or vanquished; unconquerable.
[Late Latin indomit
bilis : Latin in-, not; see in-1 + Latin domitre, to tame, frequentative of domre, to subdue; see dem- in Indo-European roots.]
bilis : Latin in-, not; see in-1 + Latin domitre, to tame, frequentative of domre, to subdue; see dem- in Indo-European roots.]in·dom
i·ta·bili·ty, in·domi·ta·ble·ness n.
i·ta·bili·ty, in·domi·ta·ble·ness n.in·domi·ta·bly adv.
i·ta·bly adv.The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
Between Silver and myself we got together in a few days a company of the toughest old salts imaginable--not pretty to look at, but fellows, by their faces, of the most indomitable spirit.Treasure Island by Stevenson, Robert Louis
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