Word of the Day – Inviolable

Invoilable (adj)

in-vi-o-la-bl

Never to be broken, infringed, or dishonoured.

Late Middle English from French, or from Latin inviolabilis, from in- ‘not’ + violabilis ‘able to be violated’ (from the verb violare).

Example sentences

“It’s an inviolable rule, made under solemn oath.