† inconˈcussible, a. Obs.
Also -able.
[a. obs. F. inconcussible, f. in- (in-3) + *concussible, f. L. concuss-, ppl. stem of concutĕre to shake violently: see -ible.]
That cannot be shaken; firmly fixed, stable.
| 1589 Puttenham Eng. Poesie ii. xi[i.]. (Arb.) 113 As the roundell or Spheare is appropriat to the heauens..the Triangle to the ayre, and the Lozange to the water: so is the square for his inconcussable steadinesse likened to the earth. 1609 Bell Theoph. & Remig. 46 A pillar that is sublime, straight, inconcussible. 1715 M. Davies Athen. Brit. I. Pref. 32 To this inconcussable Maxim in our Legal Israel, the Sophistical Jesuit..could say nothing at all. |