innavigable

English

Etymology

From Latin innāvigābilis.[1] By surface analysis, in- +‎ navigable.

Adjective

innavigable (comparative more innavigable, superlative most innavigable)

  1. Incapable of being navigated; impassable by ships etc.
    • 1697, Virgil, “The Sixth Book of the Æneis”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. [], London: [] Jacob Tonson, [], →OCLC, page 368, lines 204–205:
      If you ſo hard a Toil will undertake, / As twice to paſs th’ innavigable Lake; []

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References

  1. ^ innavigable, adj.”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

French

Noun

innavigable f (plural innavigables)

  1. innavigable

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