sacrosanct
adj/ˈsæk.ɹoʊˌsæŋkt/US
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin sacrōsānctus.
- learned borrowing from sacrōsānctus
Definitions
Beyond alteration, criticism, or interference, especially due to religious sanction
Beyond alteration, criticism, or interference, especially due to religious sanction; inviolable.
- It will be noted that pre-grouping routes between London and Scotland are no longer sacrosanct—for example, Glasgow St. Enoch trains no longer run necessarily to St. Pancras.
- After decades of being considered politically sacrosanct, why are homeowner mortgage write-offs suddenly on the chopping block?
Sacred, very holy.
The neighborhood
- synonyminviolable
- synonymsacred
- synonymsacrosanct
- antonymunsacred
- antonymviolable
- neighborsacred
- neighborincorruptible
- neighboruncorruptible
- neighborundefilable
- neighborunsulliable
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for sacrosanct. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA