Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In grammar, indeclinable.
- Not to be declined or avoided.
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- adjective Not
declinable ;indeclinable .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The conjunctions are undeclinable, while the articles are declined for case.
STUDY OF LANGUAGE ALVAR ELLEG 1968
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The invitations of royalty are always undeclinable, and Jerry obeyed accordingly.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 545, May 5, 1832 Various
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43 Among the Greeks, this national appellation has a singular form, as an undeclinable word, of which many fanciful etymologies have been suggested.
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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[Footnote 43: Among the Greeks, this national appellation has a singular form, as an undeclinable word, of which many fanciful etymologies have been suggested.
History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 5 Edward Gibbon 1765
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