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irrespirable

adj
/ɪɹɪˈspaɪɹəb(ə)l/US

Etymology

Either: * from ir- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + respirable; or * borrowed from French irrespirable, from Late Latin irrespīrābilis, from Latin ir- (a variant of in- (prefix meaning ‘not’)) + respīrāre + -ābilis (suffix meaning ‘able to be’). Respīrāre is the present active infinitive of respīrō (“to blow or breathe back; to breathe, respire; to breathe out, exhale”), from re- (prefix meaning ‘again; back, backwards’) + spīrō (“to blow; to breathe, respire; to breathe out, exhale”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)peys- (“to blow; to breathe”)).

  1. derived from *(s)peys-✻ — “to blow; to breathe”
  2. derived from ir-
  3. derived from irrespīrābilis
  4. borrowed from irrespirable

Definitions

  1. Not respirable

    Not respirable; not suitable for breathing; unbreathable.

    • The air was growing fouler and more irrespirable, with a thick, sodden quality, as if from a sediment of material rottenness; and we had about decided to turn back.

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