Sample Output for Handler "wordoftheday"
infrangible \in-FRAN-juh-bul\ (adjective)
1 : not capable of being broken or separated into parts
*2 : not to be infringed or violated
Example sentence:
"Family is sacred to me," wrote Page, "for I believe that
few things in life are more infrangible than the bonds of
kinship."
Did you know?
"Infrangible" comes to us via Middle French from the Late
Latin "infrangibilis," and is ultimately derived from the
prefix "in-" and the Latin verb "frangere," meaning "to break."
(Believe it or not, our "break" is ultimately derived from the
same ancient word that gave rise to "frangere.") "Infrangible"
first appeared in print in English in the 16th century with the
literal meaning "impossible to break"; it was later extended
metaphorically to things that cannot or should not be broken.
*Indicates the sense illustrated in the example sentence.
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