Definition of Ineloctable
In`e*luc"ta*ble (?), a. [L.
ineluctabilis; pref. in- not + eluctabilis to be
surmounted, fr. eluctari to struggle out of, to surmount: cf.
F. inéluctable. See Eluctate.] Not to be
overcome by struggling; irresistible; inevitable. Bp.
Pearson.
The ineluctable conditions of
matter. Hamerton.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- Impossible to avoid or escape; inescapable, irresistible
*1922: I throw this ended shadow from me, manshape ineluctable, call it back. — James Joyce, Ulysses
*1993: Out in the street, under the reddening afternoon sun, a spectacle of ineluctable commerce greeted her. — Will Self, My Idea of Fun
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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