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Word of the Day for Friday, September 27, 2013

indubitable \in-DOO-bi-tuh-buhl, -DYOO-\, adjective:

that cannot be doubted; patently evident or certain; unquestionable.

And if there is an indubitable good within one's reach one stretches out one's hand.
-- Iris Murdoch, The Nice and the Good, 1978

The change was indubitable. The difference between his present air and what it had been in the octagon room was strikingly great.
-- Jane Austen, Persuasion, 1816

Indubitable is derived from the Latin word indubitābilis which had the same meaning.

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