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Or, to unscrew the inscrutible.
Another trip down AHD Lane:
Turns out it means both able to resist capture or entry by force (from in-, not + prenable, PREGNABLE (from Old French prendre, to take, capture, from Latin prehendere)) and able to be impregnated (from IMPREGNATE meaning to make pregnant (from in- in + praegnas, PREGNANT))
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Impregnable?
birdfeed 12/22/2002 7:48 PM ![]()
Re: Impregnable?
musick 12/22/2002 7:56 PM ![]()
Re: Impregnable?
birdfeed 12/22/2002 8:02 PM ![]()
Re: To preg the impregnable.
Faldage 12/22/2002 8:04 PM ![]()
Re: To preg the impregnable.
birdfeed 12/22/2002 8:17 PM ![]()
Let me count the ways
musick 12/22/2002 8:23 PM ![]()
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Faldage 12/22/2002 8:23 PM ![]()
Re: Impregnable?
emanuela 12/24/2002 9:11 AM ![]()
Re: Inimpregnable?
Faldage 12/25/2002 4:48 PM
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