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Webster 1913 Edition

Irrespirable

Ir-res′pi-ra-ble

,
Adj.
[L.
irrespirabilis
: cf. F.
irrespirable
. See
Respirable
.]
Unfit for respiration; not having the qualities necessary to support animal life;
as,
irrespirable
air
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Irrespirable

IRRES'PIRABLE

,
Adj.
[in and respirable.] Unfit for respiration; not having the qualities which support animal life; as irrespirable air.

Definition 2024

irrespirable

irrespirable

English

Adjective

irrespirable ‎(comparative more irrespirable, superlative most irrespirable)

  1. Unbreathable.
    • 1932, Clark Ashton Smith, "The Vaunts of Yoh-Vombis", (The Return of the Sorcerer (2009), page 82):
      The air was growing foul and more irrespirable, with a thick sodden quality, as if from a sediment of material rottenness; and we had about decided to turn back.

French

Adjective

irrespirable m, f ‎(plural irrespirables)

  1. unbreathable, suffocating

Spanish

Adjective

irrespirable m, f ‎(plural irrespirables)

  1. irrespirable

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