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inimitable

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in·im·i·ta·ble  (-nm-t-bl)
adj.
Defying imitation; matchless.
[Middle English, from Latin inimitbilis : in-, not; see in-1 + imitbilis, imitable (from imitr, to imitate; see aim- in Indo-European roots).]
in·imi·ta·bili·ty, in·imi·ta·ble·ness n.
in·imi·ta·bly adv.
inimitable
Adjective
impossible to imitate
inimitably adv
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Adj.1.inimitable - defying imitation; matchless; "an inimitable style"
irreproducible, unreproducible - impossible to reproduce or duplicate
inimitable
adjective unique, unparalleled, unrivalled, incomparable, supreme, consummate, unmatched, peerless, unequalled, matchless, unsurpassable, nonpareil, unexampled
Translations
Spanish inimitable [ɪˈnɪmɪtəbl] adj → inimitable
French inimitable [ɪˈnɪmɪtəbl] adj → inimitable
German inimitable [ɪˈnɪmɪtəbl] adj → unnachahmlich
Italian inimitable [ɪˈnɪmɪtəbl] adj → inimitabile
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No, not since nature had given them the splendid sight of a cosmical meteor bursting from expansion, since this inimitable firework, which no Ruggieri could imitate, had lit up for some seconds the invisible glory of the moon.
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Weston some inimitable figurepieces in her drawingroom, at Randalls?
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came at that moment, that inimitable huntsman's call which unites the deepest bass with the shrillest tenor, and round the corner came Daniel the head huntsman and head kennelman, a gray, wrinkled old man with hair cut straight over his forehead, Ukrainian fashion, a long bent whip in his hand, and that look of independence and scorn of everything that is only seen in huntsmen.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
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