invincible

<font size="-1" face="arial, helvetica"> <p> <strong> <font color="#000066">Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for February 21, 2022 is:</font> </strong> </p> <p> <strong>invincible</strong> &#149; \in-VIN-suh-bul\&nbsp; &#149; <em>adjective</em><br /> <p><em>Invincible</em> means "incapable of being conquered, overcome, or subdued."</p> <p>// The loss to the underdog proved that last year's champion was not <em>invincible</em>.</p> <p><a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/invincible">See the entry ></a></p> </p> <p> <strong>Examples:</strong><br /> <p>"After many makeovers, changes to the backstory, and noting that 'bad' guys don't sell newspapers very well, (his Superman stories were rejected by publishers for years) he finally settled on the version we have today: a nearly <em>invincible</em> man, handsome, incorruptible, honest to the core, who stands for justice, and who is a champion of the downtrodden." — Terry Mejdrich, <em>The Grand Rapids (Minnesota) Herald-Review</em>, 7 Jan. 2022</p> </p> <p> <strong>Did you know?</strong><br /> <p><em>Invincible</em> comes from Latin <em>invincibilis</em>—a combination of the negative prefix <em>in-</em> with the Latin verb <em>vincere</em>, meaning "to conquer." <em>Vincere</em> also gave English <em><a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vincible">vincible</a></em>, meaning (unsurprisingly) "capable of being overcome or subdued."</p> <br /><br /> </p> </font>