Irresilient
(Ir`re*sil"i*ent) a. Not resilient; not recoiling or rebounding; inelastic.
Irresistance
(Ir`re*sist"ance) n. Nonresistance; passive submission.
Irresistibility
(Ir`re*sist`i*bil"i*ty) n. [Cf. F. irrésistibilité.] The quality or state of being irresistible, irresistibleness.
Irresistible
(Ir`re*sist"i*ble) a. [Pref. ir- not + resistible: cf. F. irrésistible.] That can not be successfully
resisted or opposed; superior to opposition; resistless; overpowering; as, an irresistible attraction.
An irresistible law of our nature impels us to seek happiness.
J. M. Mason. Irresistibleness
(Ir`re*sist"i*ble*ness), n. Quality of being irresistible.
Irresistibly
(Ir`re*sist"i*bly), adv. In an irresistible manner.
Irresistless
(Ir`re*sist"less), a. Irresistible. [Obs.] Glanvill.
Irresoluble
(Ir*res"o*lu*ble) a. [L. irresolubilis: cf. F. irrésoluble. See Resoluble, and cf. Irresolvable.]
1. Incapable of being dissolved or resolved into parts; insoluble. Boyle.
2. Incapable of being relieved or assisted. [Obs.]
The second is in the irresoluble condition of our souls after a known sin committed.
Bp. Hall. Irresolubleness
(Ir*res"o*lu*ble*ness), n. The state or quality of being irresoluble; insolubility.
Irresolute
(Ir*res"o*lute) a. [Pref. ir- not + resolute: cf. F. irrésolu, L. irresolutus not loosened.] Not
resolute; not decided or determined; wavering; given to doubt or irresolution.
Weak and irresolute is man.
Cowper. Syn. — Wavering; vacillating; undetermined; undecided; unsettled; fickle; changeable; inconstant.
— Ir*res"o*lute*ly, adv. — Ir*res"o*lute*ness, n.
Irresolution
(Ir*res`o*lu"tion) n. [Cf. F. irrésolution.] Want of resolution; want of decision in purpose; a
fluctuation of mind, as in doubt, or between hope and fear; irresoluteness; indecision; vacillation.
Irresolution on the schemes of life which offer themselves to our choice, and inconstancy in pursuing
them, are the greatest causes of all unhappiness.
Addison. Irresolvability
(Ir`re*solv`a*bil"i*ty) n. The quality of being irresolvable; irresolvableness.
Irresolvable
(Ir`re*solv"a*ble) a. [Pref. ir- not + resolvable. Cf. Irresoluble.] Incapable of being
resolved; not separable into component parts.
Irresolvable nebulæ (Astron.), nebulæ of a cloudlike appearance, which have not yet been resolved by
the telescope into stars. Sir W. Herschel.
Irresolvableness
(Ir`re*solv"a*ble*ness), n. The quality or state of being irresolvable; irresolvability.
Irresolvedly
(Ir`re*solv"ed*ly), adv. Without settled determination; in a hesitating manner; doubtfully. [R.]
Irrespective
(Ir`re*spec"tive) a.
