inexpressible 
II. .pl. Trousers; 'uiinn'iitioimblPH." 
The just Creator condescends to write, 
In lJains of inextinguishable light, 
His names of wisdom, goodness, pow'r, and love, 
On all that blooms lielow, or shines above. 
Cuwper, Hope, 1. 134. 
humorous euphemism.] 
Such "mixed spirits "... as could condescend to don 
at the same time an iilizabethan doublet and lioml-street 
iiu-xpreiblfn. llurham, Ingoldsby Legends, I. 89. 
inexpressibly (in-eks-pres'i-bli), nrfr. In an 
inexpressible manner or degree ; unspeakably ; 
unutterably : as, an inci}>roKsil>ly dreary day. 
It [the hair! is ... fastened with a bodkin, in a taste 
which we thought inexpressibly elegant 
<, S.vnn.l Voj:ip., II. \ii. 
inexpressive (in-eks-pres'iv), a. [= F. iuex- inextinguishably (in-eks-ting'gwish-a-bli), 
fiv.v.s// = Pg. inexpressive; astn- 3 + expressive."] ,, f ;,._ f n an inextinguishable manner; so as 
. Not expressive; wan ting expression; notdis- no t to be extinguished. 
tinctly significant or representative : as, an in- inextirpablet (in-eks-ter'pa-bl), a. [= F. inex- 
expremtire gesture or portrait. tirpable = Pg. inextirpavet "= It. inestirpabile, < 
The inexprctnive semblance of himself. Akenride. L. inexstirpabilis, that cannot be rooted out, < 
2 Not to be expressed ; inexpressible ; ineffa- in- priv. + "exstirpabilis, that can be rooted out, 
ble. [Rare.] < exstirpare, root out: see cxtirp, extirpate.] 
Not extirpable ; incapable of being extirpated. 
E. Phillips, 1706. 
in extremis (in eks-tre'mis). [L. : in, in; ex- 
tremis, abl. pi. of extremus, extreme: see in 1 , 
in 2 , extreme?] In extremity. Used specifically - 
(a) Of a person at the point of death, Implying a mortal 
wound or Illness under which the sufferer, If conscious, Is 
[< infaltiblf 
who maintains 
3077 infame 
[A inextinguishable (in-ekn-ting'gwiRh-a-bl), n. infallibilist (in-fal'i-bi-li- 
[< iM- ;) + t-jctinijHishaMe.] Not extinguishable ; (ML. ini'ulliluli *)+-<**.] One 
incapable of being extinguished; unquench- the dogma of the infallibility of the Pope. 
able. 
So under flery cope together nub'd 
Moth battels main, with ruinous assault 
And intMnvuMau, rage. Mutan, p. L., vi. -2i7. 
[Rare.] 
The iitexprestive strain 
Diffuses its enchantment. 
Akeiunde, I'leasures of the Imagination, 1. 124. 
Harpinga high of inexpressive praise. 
W. Mason, Elfrida, Chorus, Ode. 
inexpressiveness (in-eks-pres'iv-nes), n. The 
state or quality of being inexpressive, 
inexpugnable (in-eks-pug'- or in-eks-pu'na-bl) 
aware that his end is near, (b) Of a person or thing in ex- 
treme danger. 
t= F. inexpugnable = Sp. inexpugnable = 
assault; unconquerable; impregnable. 
Its lofty embattled walls, its bold, projecting, rounded 
towers, that pierce the sky, strike the imagination, and 
promise inexpugnable strength. 
Burke, A Heglclde Peace, Iv. 
This bad been not only acknowledged by his Highness 
himself, but with vehement and inexpugnable nucnund 
authorities defended. R. W. Dixon, Hist. Church of Eng., U. 
(in-eks-pug'- or in-eks-pu'na- 
inexpugnably (in-eks-pug'- 
\>\\),adv. In an inexpugnabli 
nably: as, "inexpugnably lodged, "Dr. 
inexs'uperablet (in-ek-su'pe-ra-bl), a. [For- jnertricableness (in-eks'tri-ka-bl-nes), w. The 
merly also inexuperable; < L. iMMfjiraMH^in- 8ta te of being inextricable. 
ile manner; impreg- 
r.H.Mo 
freed from intricacy or perplexity; not permit- 
ting extrication. 
To deceive him 
Is no deceit, but justice, that would break 
Such an inextricable tie aa ours was. 
B. Jonson, Alchemist, v. >. 
She trembling stands, and does in wonder gaze. 
Lost In the wild inextricable maze. Blackmore. 
Man 
To man, were grappled In the embrace of war, 
Inextricable but by death or victory. Shelley, Hellas. 
Plantler, Archbishop of Msmes, . . . was a zealous in- 
fallibilut. llarprr't Weekly, June 19, 1876. 
infallibility (in-fal-i-bil'i-ti), n. [= F. infail- 
hlnlitf = Sp. infalibilidad = Pg. infalliliiliilmli 
= It. injiilliliiliia, < NL. inj'lt,l,,lit<i(t-)s, < ML. 
niiiiilili'ilix, infallible: see infallible."] 1. The 
quality of being infallible, or incapable of error 
or mistake ; entire exemption from liability to 
error. In theology the doctrine of the infallibility of the 
church Is the doctrine that the church u a whole cannot 
err In Its spiritual faith and its religious teaching, and that 
consequently the religious teaching of the church is infal- 
libly true. In Roman Catholic theology the doctrine of 
the infallibility of the Pope Is the doctrine that when the 
Pope speaks ex cathedra (that Is, when he speaks officially 
and on matters of faith and morals) he is divinely guarded 
from all error. The theory of the Pope's official infallibility 
was long maintained by ultramontane theologians as the 
basis of pontifical supremacy ; but It was first promulgated 
as a binding dogma by the Vatican Council in 1870, in the 
restricted form above given. See Old Catholics, under 
catholic. 
Infallibility is the highest perfection of the knowing 
faculty, and conaequently the firmest degree of assent. 
TiUotson. 
The highest infallibility in the teacher* doth not pre- 
vent the possibility or the danger of mistaking In the hear- 
ers. Stiltingfleet, Works, IV. 11. 
Infallibility ... Is just that which certitude is not ; It Is 
a faculty or gift, and relates not to some one truth in par- 
ticnlar, but to all possible propositions in a given subject- 
matter. J. II. Urn-man, Gram, of Assent, p. 214. 
2. Incapability of failure; absolute certainty 
of success or effect: as, the infallibility of a 
remedy. 
The prestige of the gun with a savage is in his notion of 
its infallibility. Kane, Sec. Grinnell Exp., I. 216. 
infallible (in-fal'i-bl), a. [= F. infaillible = S 
ledge, judgment, or opinion ; exempt from fal- 
lacy or liability to error; unerring. 
It is humane frailty to err, and no man is infallible here 
on earth. Milton, True Religion. 
For not two or three of that order, ... but almost the 
whole body of them, are of opinion that their infallible 
- - ,,..,,,,,,,,.. ,........,..,.,... , ... master has a right over kings, not only In the spirituals 
over or surmounted ; impassable ; msurmount- j^^^Uy ( m -eks'tri-ka-bli), adv. In an in- but temporals. 
i^xtendedV-eks-ten'ded), a. [< <-3 + ex- extricable manner; beyond extrication or dis- 
tended."] Unextended; without extension. 
They, suppose itjthe soul] to be Extended, or to have MSffiWtSStoStoftS? 1 
Inextricably fasten'd. Qlorrr, Leonidaa, vll. 
The [esthetic and religious element* were inextricably 
interwoven. J. Caird. 
surmountable, < in- priv. + exsuperabilis, sur- 
mountable : see exsuperable.] Not to be passed 
no parts or quantity. 
Watte, Essay towards Proof of a Separate State, 1. 
There la no perplexity in thee, my God, no iiwxtricable- 
nest In thee. Donne, Devotions (1625X p. 122. 
A man la infallible whoae worda are always true, . . . 
but a man who is certain In some one definite case Is not 
on that account infallible. 
J. B. Newman, Gram, of Assent, p. 215. 
inextensible. 
Its quality of inextennbility (that of timber) is greatly 
diminished in value to the constructor on account of the 
comparatively alight resistance It offers to compressing 
power. Kncyc. Brit., IV. 448. 
inextensible (iu-eks-ten'si-bl), a. [= F. inex- 
ii itsihlc = Pg. inextensivel ; as in- s + extensible."] 
That cannot be stretched ; not extensible : ap- 
plied hi geometry to a surface which can be bent 
inexten8ibility(in-eks-ten-si-bil'i-ti), n. [< - 
extenitible: see -bility.~] The quality of being . . 
i n vt. B r, H ;w P . inextricatet (m-eks'tn-kat), a. 
catus, unextncated, undeveloped, < L. in- pnv. 
+ extricatus, pp. of extricare, extricate: see ex- 
tricate.'] Permitting no extrication or escape ; 
inextricable. 
But the equall fate 
Of God withstood his stealth ; inextrieate 
Imprisoning banda, and sturdy churlish swalnes, 
2. Unfailing in character or effect; exempt 
from uncertainty or liability to failure ; abso- 
lutely trustworthy. 
To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion 
by many infallible proofs. 
There is scarcely a disorder incident to humanity against 
which our advertising doctors are not possessed with a 
most infallible antidote. Galdnnith, Quack Doctors. 
His face, that infallible index of the mind. 
Irring, Knickerbocker, p. 150. 
He ... mended china with an infallible cement 
R. T. Cooke, Somebody's Neighbors, p. 64. 
infalliblenessOn-fal'i-bl-nes), n. Infallibility; 
That were the heardsmen, who withheld with chains 
The stealth attempter. Chapman, Odyssey, xt , 
in any way, but" only so that each element re- iaexuperablet a. S&me&sinexsuperable. Cock- exemption from liability to failure or error. 
mains unchanged in magnitude and shape. tr< im. ! have not ? ta11 8ald enough of the infallibleneu of fine 
A physical line is flexible and inextemnble, and cannot inevet (in-i'), t'. t. [Late ME. eneye ; On- 1 , en- 1 , 
be <='"- Enf v- Bnt - XIV - 127 - + 'we 1 . Cf . inoculate."] To inoculate or bud ; 
technical work aa a proof of every other good power. 
Lectures on Art. 
The famous theorem that, in whatever way a flexible and 
inrxteiuible surface may be deformed, the sum of the r i" r r c 
principal curvatures at each point will always be the same. 01 a Dua. 
Pop. Sci. Mo., XXX111. 696. 
. inocuae. T . , ..... 
, as a tree or plant, by the insertion infallibly (m-fal 1-bli), adv. In an mfal 
manner; without failure or mistake ; certainly; 
inextension (in-eks-ten'shon), n. [< fn- 3 + ex- 
tension.] Lack of extension; unextended state. 
in extenso (in eks-ten'so). [ML. (NL.) : L. in, 
Let sage experience teach thee all the art* 
Of grafting and in-eyeiny. J. Philips, Cider, i. 
An abbreviation (a) of the Latin infra, 
surely. 
If this disorder continues, learning and philosophy Is t'n- 
fallibly torn to pieces. Baron, Physical Fables, Ui. , Expl . 
The lessening of the sun's heat would infallibly dlmln- 
stretch out: see t'nl, in2, extend.'] At full Before the court. 
length; in full; without abridgment: as, to j n facie ecclesiae (in fa'shi-e e-kle'zi-e). [L.: 
print a paper in extenso. 
inexterminable (in-eks-ter'mi-na-bl), a. [= 
F. i>irsti'riiabl, < LL. i iiextermlnabilis, < iii- 
priv. + extermiiiabilix, extermiuable : see exter- 
minablc.'] Not exterminable ; incapable of be- 
ing exterminated, 
inextinct (in-eks-tingkf), a. [< n- s + extiitct. ] 
Not extinct or quenched. 
inextinguiblet (in-'ks-ting'gwi-bl).o. [= F. jjifaUf (in'fal), n. 
' = Sp. fUMtfNfWMfo = Pg. illi'Xtilt- 
' = It. iiicxtiiigitiliili- ; as in- 3 + "extinyiii- 
hl<\<. L. i-ftiiiiiiiri-f, Cxtinguish (see extinguish), 
+ -ibli:'] Inextinguishable. 
The chaffe and strawe he shall burne up with hn-xtin- 
iiii/Uf fyre. Sir T. More, Works, p. 825. 
c, it |l>ituiiu>ii) IB iiifxtinijuible. unlesse 
Holland, tr. of Ainmianus, p. 444. 
in, in; facie, abl. of fades, face; ecclesice, gen. 
of ecclesia, church : see in 1 , 2, face 1 , fades, 
ecclesia.'] Before the church; with priestly 
sanction ; with ecclesiastical publicity: said of 
marriage solemnized by the church, as distin- 
guished from a clandestine or a purely secular 
contract, 
infair, . See n/are. 
' (in'fal), n. K in 1 + /oZJ 1 .] An incur- 
sion; an inroad. [Rare.] 
Lincolnshire, infested with infallt of Camdeners, has its 
own Malignancies too. 
Carli/lf, Cromwell, Letters, Hay, 1643. 
(in-fal'i-bi-lizm), n. [< infallible 
= Sp. infamadon = Pg. iiifamag3o = It. inft 
-imir, < LL. infamatio(n-), calumny, defamation 
(not found in sense of 'reproach, rebuke'), < 
infamare, disgrace, defame, also reproach, re- 
buke, blame : see infante, r.] Reproach; blame; 
censure. 
For vpon thys lesson he bryngeth in, as you see, his 
charitable infamadon of the cleargies cruelUe. 
Sir f . Man, Work*, p. 915. 
infamet (in-fam'), a. [< F. infdme = Pr. Sp. 
Pg. It. infame,< L. infamis, without (good) fame, 
of ill fame, < in- priv. + fama, fame: see/aie. 
Cf. infiiHiiiim.'] Infamous. 
I believe it is the first time that a scandalous infame 
state libel was honoured with a direct encomium in a sol- 
emn History that titles rUelf compleat 
Roger Kurth, Examen, p. 142. 
+ -(./.] The principle of pa- infamet (in-fam'), r. t. [< F. infamer = Pr. t'w- 
famar. infamar = Sp. Pg. ffUWMf = "; '"f"- 
jml infallibility; belief in or adherence to the 
dogma of infallibility. 
. 
mare, < It. infamare, bring into ill repute, de- 
