indomitable
pronunciation
How to pronounce indomitable in British English:
UK [ɪnˈdɒmɪtəbl]
How to pronounce indomitable in American English:
US [ɪnˈdɑːmɪtəbl]
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- Adjective:
- impossible to subdue
Word Origin
- indomitable
- indomitable: see tame
- indomitable (adj.)
- 1630s, from Late Latin indomitabilis "untameable," from in- "not, opposite of, without" (see in- (1)) + *domitabilis, from Latin domitare, frequentative of domare "to tame" (see tame). Related: Indomitably.
Example
- 1. Demonstrating indomitable courage , he fought to regain the use of his legs , particularly through swimming .
- 2. However grim the backdrop and dangerous the journey , all of these fine works show that the human spirit remains indomitable .
- 3. His allies hailed it as the indomitable machismo of a leader who sometimes calls himself " the knight of the arabs " .
- 4. Its name comes from a famous chinese fable about the indomitable will of the chinese and how generations of chinese people will pull together and rule the world
- 5. Indiana jones is the ultimate action - hero academic : played by harrison ford , the indomitable professor outwits nazis and other villains in search of religious relics , lost temples and alien artefacts .