Emily Dickinson Lexicon

IR-RE-SIST'I-BLE, a. [Fr.; in and resistible. See Resist.]

That can not be successfully resisted or opposed; superior to opposition. An irresistible law of our nature impels us to seek happiness. J. M. Mason.

IR-RE-SIST'I-BLY, adv.

With a power that can not be successfully resisted or opposed. Dryden.

IR-RES'O-LU-BLE, a. [s as z. L. in and resolvo.]

Not to be dissolved; incapable of dissolution. Boyle.

IR-RES'O-LU-BLE-NESS, n.

The quality of being indissoluble; resistance to separation of parts by heat. Boyle.

IR-RES'O-LUTE, a. [s as z. in and resolute.]

Not firm or constant in purpose; not decided; not determined; wavering; given to doubt. Irresolute men either resolve not at all, or resolve and re-resolve.

IR-RES'O-LUTE-LY, adv.

Without firmness of mind; without decision.

IR-RES'O-LUTE-NESS, n.

Want of firm determination or purpose; vacillation of mind.

IR-RES-O-LU'TION, n. [Fr.; in and resolution.]

Want of resolution; want of decision in purpose; a fluctuation of mind, as in doubt, or between hope and fear. Addison.

IR-RE-SOLV-A-BIL'I-TY, or IR-RE-SOLV'A-BLE-NESS, n.

The state or quality of not being resolvable.

IR-RE-SOLV'A-BLE, a.

That can not be resolved.

IR-RE-SOLV'ED-LY, adv. [s as z. in and resolved.]

Without settled determination. [Little used.] Boyle.

IR-RE-SPECT'IVE, a. [in and respective.]

Not regarding circumstances. According to this doctrine, it must be resolved wholly into the absolute, irrespective will of God. Rogers.

IR-RE-SPECT'IVE-LY, adv.

Without regard to circumstances, or not taking them into consideration. Hammond.

IR-RES'PI-RA-BLE, a. [in and respirable.]

Unfit for respiration; not having the qualities which support animal life; as, irrespirable air.

IR-RE-SPONS-I-BIL'I-TY, n.

Want of responsibility.

IR-RE-SPONS'I-BLE, a. [in and responsible.]

Not responsible; not liable or able to answer for consequences; not answerable.

IR-RE-SPON'SI-BLY, adv.

So as not to be responsible.

IR-RE-SUS'CIT-A-BLE, a.

Not capable of being revived.

IR-RE-SUS'CIT-A-BLY, adv.

So as not to be resuscitable. [Coleridge. 1841]

IR-RE-TENT'IVE, a.

Not retentive or apt to retain. Skelton.

IR-RE-TRACE'A-BLE, a.

That can not be retraced.

IR-RE-TRIEV'A-BLE, a. [in and retrievable, from retrieve.]

Not to be recovered or repaired; irrecoverable; irreparable; as, an irretrievable loss.

IR-RE-TRIEV'A-BLE-NESS, n.

The state of being irretrievable.

IR-RE-TRIEV'A-BLY, adv.

Irreparably; irrecoverably; in a manner not to be regained. Woodward.

IR-RE-TURN'A-BLE, a.

Not to be returned.