IMPREGNABLE


Meaning of IMPREGNABLE in English

/ ɪmˈpregnəbl; NAmE / adjective

1.

an impregnable building is so strongly built that it cannot be entered by force :

an impregnable fortress

2.

strong and impossible to defeat or change

SYN invincible :

The team built up an impregnable 5-1 lead.

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WORD ORIGIN

late Middle English : from Old French imprenable , from in- not + prendre take (from Latin prehendere ). The current spelling arose in the 16th cent., perhaps influenced by Old French variants.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.