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Definition of Inimitable
1. Adjective. Defying imitation; matchless. "An inimitable style"
Definition of Inimitable
1. a. Not capable of being imitated, copied, or counterfeited; beyond imitation; surpassingly excellent; matchless; unrivaled; exceptional; unique; as, an inimitable style; inimitable eloquence.
Definition of Inimitable
1. Adjective. beyond imitation, surpassing all others, matchless ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Inimitable
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Inimitable
Literary usage of Inimitable
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. On Translating Homer: Last Words. A Lecture Given at Oxford by Matthew Arnold (1862)
"But the grand style in simplicity is inimitable : OVK ... Greek simplicity and
Greek grace are inimitable ; but it is said that the Iliad may still be ..."
2. Memoirs of Richard Cumberland by Richard Cumberland (1806)
"... •^i After we came to Hampton, where that inimitable man was to be seen in his
highest state of animation, we 1 to debate upon the cast of the play. ..."
3. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1903)
"... together with "Gray Gamma," "Miss Kitty's Funeral," and a number of others in Mr.
Moore's inimitable view of mingled pathos and humor. ..."
4. The seasons by James Thomson (1824)
"A critic on the " Seasons" has not unhappily observed, that this inimitable
description of connubial love is forcible enough to affect a Dutchman and to ..."
5. The Poetical Works of John Dryden by John Dryden (1909)
"... and that all vicious men are naturally slaves ; and, in the illustration of
this dogma, he takes up the remaining part of this inimitable satire. ..."
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