intrenchant

English

Etymology

From in- +‎ trenchant.

Adjective

intrenchant (comparative more intrenchant, superlative most intrenchant)

1. (obsolete) Not to be cut or sliced.
   • c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene viii]:

     As easy mayest thou the intrenchant air With thy keen sword impress, as make me bleed.

References

• “intrenchant”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.