irrépressible

irrépressible
(i-rré-prè-ssi-bl') adj.
Qu'on ne peut réprimer, contenir.
   Les grandes masses d'hommes, plus encore les grands courants de passions humaines, sont plus irrépressibles que les forces matérielles, JOHN LEMOINNE Journal des Débats, 1er juin 1866.
   Ir..., et le lat. repressum, supin de reprimere (voy. répression).

Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré. . 1872-1877.

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