Omnibus
AHM-nih-bus
1: of, relating to, or providing
for many things at once 2: containing
or including many items
The noun omnibus originated in
the 1820s as a French word for long, horse-drawn vehicles that transported
people along the main thoroughfares of Paris. Shortly thereafter, omnibuses—and
the noun omnibus—arrived in New York. But in Latin, omnibus simply means
"for all." Our adjective omnibus, which arrived in the mid-1800s,
seems to hark back to that Latin omnibus, though it may also have been at least
partially influenced by the English noun. An "omnibus bill"
containing numerous provisions, for example, could be likened to a bus loaded
with people.
Inexorable
(in-EK-suhr-uh-buhl)
Incapable of being persuaded,
moved, or stopped.
From Latin in- (not) + exorare
(to prevail upon), from ex- (out) + orare (to pray, beg).