indeclinable
pronunciation
How to pronounce indeclinable in British English:
UK [ˌɪndɪ'klaɪnəbl]
How to pronounce indeclinable in American English:
US [ˌɪndɪ'klaɪnəbəl]
Word Origin
- indeclinable (adj.)
- late 14c., originally in grammar, from French indéclinable, from Latin indeclinabilis, from indeclinatus "unchanged, constant," from in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + declinatus, from declinare (see decline (v.)). Related: Indeclinably.
Example
- 1. This transcendence is in his view the ground of ethics , of a fundamental and indeclinable responsibility for the other person that precedes every ontology .