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Irrepressible

adj

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not containable or controllable. not-comparable, usually

    "[...] here the two friends burst into a variety of giggles, and glanced from time to time, over the tops of their pocket-handkerchiefs, at Nicholas, who from a state of unmixed astonishment, gradually fell into one of irrepressible laughter [...]"

  2. 2
    Especially high-spirited, outspoken, or insistent. not-comparable, usually

    "The irrepressible landlady gave the freest expression to her feelings."

Adjective
  1. 1
    impossible to repress or control wordnet

Etymology

From ir- + repressible.

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