Irrefragable Latin Issues Ir Ref Ruh Guh Buhl Adjective Impossible Refute Dispute

Impossible to refute or dispute; incontrovertible.

[From Late Latin irrefragabilis, from Latin in- (not) + refragari (to oppose). Ultimately from Indo-European root bhreg- (to break) that's also the progenitor of words such as break, breach, fraction, fragile, fractal, infringe, and suffrage. Suffrage? Remember, a broken piece of tile was used as a ballot in earlier times.]

"These issues were high on the agenda of the last American-Turkish talks. They were discussed thoroughly by the two sides many times and there were discords too. Thus George Bush won't give an irrefragable answer to these issues in Ankara." - Hakob Chakrian; US President in Ankara For the NATO Summit; AZG Armenian Daily (Yerevan, Armenia); Jun 26, 2004.

"Anderson quite clearly asserts 'there was irrefragable evidence of use of equine growth hormone by at least one cyclist at the AIS Del Monte'." - Inside the Shooting Gallery; The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia); Jul 10, 2004.