indomitable

Definition

Incapable of being subdued, overcome, or vanquished.

Etymology

From Late Latin indomitābilis, from in- (“not”) + domitō, frequentative of domō (“to tame”). By surface analysis, in- + domitable.

Example Sentences

• "Personal courage and an indomitable self-confidence were the chief, indeed the only, qualities which sprang to light in General Feversham."
• "But he was a youth of indomitable spirit, strong and agile as a wild cat."
• "Nobody came on to the movie camera—wrapped it in a bear hug and wrestled it to submission—like Betty Hutton. They called this 40s singer-actress "the Blitzkrieg blond" . . . . [S]he was indomitable, unstoppable."

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