invulnerable

adj

Etymology

From Middle French invulnérable, from Latin invulnerābilis, from vulnerābilis, from vulnerō (“to wound”), from vulnus (“wound”), equivalent to in- + vulnerable.

  1. derived from vulnerō
  2. borrowed from vulnerābilis
  3. prefixed as invulnerable — “in + vulnerable

Definitions

  1. Incapable of being injured

    Incapable of being injured; not vulnerable.

    • His gaze went to Hirken, who stood gloating behind invulnerable transparisteel.
  2. Unanswerable

    Unanswerable; irrefutable.

    • an invulnerable argument

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at invulnerable. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at invulnerable. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at invulnerable

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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