adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Incapable of being navigated; impassable by ships etc.

   "If you ſo hard a Toil will undertake, / As twice to paſs th’ innavigable Lake; […]"

Synonyms

All synonyms

unnavigable

Example

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"If you ſo hard a Toil will undertake, / As twice to paſs th’ innavigable Lake; […]"

Etymology

From Latin innāvigābilis. By surface analysis, in- + navigable.

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