Infugible
/ɪnˈfjuːdʒɪbəl/noun
Not capable of being fled from or avoided; inescapable.
Did you know?Infugible is built from the Latin verb fugere, “to flee,” the same root behind refuge and fugitive—so its literal force is something from which flight is impossible.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*bʰug-
“To flee or take flight”
Classical Latin
Latin
fugere
“To flee, run away, or escape”
Classical Latin
Latin
fugibilis
“Able to be fled from or avoided”
Medieval Latin
Latin
infugibilis
“Not escapable or not capable of being fled from”
17th–18th Century
English
infugible
“Not fugible; unavoidable or inescapable”
Modern English
English
infugible
“A rare adjective meaning impossible to escape or evade”
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