indissoluble

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The Word of the Day for March 25 is:

indissoluble   \in-dih-SAHL-yuh-bul\   adjective
     : not dissoluble; especially : incapable of being annulled, 
undone, or broken : permanent 

Example sentence:
     The contract should have been indissoluble, but the lawyers 
discovered an obscure clause that made it not so.

Did you know? 
     "Indissoluble" is a legacy of Latin. The Latin 
adjective "dissolubilis" gave us "dissoluble" (both 
meaning "capable of being dissolved"), which first appeared in 
print in 1534, followed rapidly by the addition of "in-" to make 
its antonym in 1542. "Dissolubilis" derives from "dissolvere" 
("to loosen" or "to dissolve"), which in turn comes from "dis-" 
("apart") and "solvere" ("to loosen"). Not surprisingly, 
"dissolvere" is also the source of "dissolve" and "dissolvable," 
among other words. Is there an "indissolvable"? Yes and no. It 
exists, but it is archaic and exceedingly rare. The word most 
likely to be used for things that cannot be dissolved in a 
liquid is "insoluble." "Indissoluble" generally refers to 
abstract entities, such as promises or treaties, that cannot be 
dissolved.