undiminishable

English

Etymology

un- +‎ diminishable

Adjective

undiminishable (comparative more undiminishable, superlative most undiminishable)

  1. Unable to be diminished.
    • 1841, R[alph] W[aldo] Emerson, “(please specify the essay number)”, in Essays, Boston, Mass.: James Munroe and Company, →OCLC:
      The purest literary talent appears at one time great, at another time small, but character is of a stellar and undiminishable greatness.
    • 1957, J. D. Salinger, "Zooey", in, 1961, Franny and Zooey, 1991 LB Books edition, page 52,
      […] could have disfigured or coarsened his his bounteous good looks in a day or a second. But what was undiminishable […] was an authentic esprit superimposed over his entire face […]
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