It's Merriam-Webster's word of the day for July 3rd.

Today's word is insuperable spelled INSuper E R A B L E. E. L E. E. L E. E. L. E.

E. L. E. Superable is an adjective.

Something described as insuperable is impossible to gain control of, solve, or overcome.

Here's the word used in a sentence from the LA Times by Charles McNulty.

A love story comes into meteoric focus in this musical The Lonely Few, which features

a book by Rachel Bonds and a score by Zoe Sarnack.

A love story comes into meteoric focus in this musical The Lonely Few, which features a book by Rachel Bonds and a score by Zoe Sarnack.

To women who are attached to their cultural roots, yet alienated by the conservative values of their communities,

hold for each other the answer to problems that until now have seemed insuperable.

Insuperable is a super word, that is it belongs to a family of English terms

that come from the Latin word super, meaning over.

It first appeared in print in the 14th century,

and as a close synonym of the word insurmountable,

it still essentially means what it did then.

In-superable comes directly from the Latin word insupurabilius, which was formed

by combining the negative prefix in, I-N, with the verb super-are-E, which comes from super and means to surmount, overcome, or excel, and the

adjective abelis meaning able. Hence, in-super-Abilese means unable to be surmounted overcome or passed over, or more simply

insurmountable.

The word can describe physical barriers that cannot be scaled such as walls or mountains as well as

more figurative obstacles.

With your word of the day I'm Peter Sokolowski. Visit Marion Webster.

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