immedicable

[ ih-med-i-kuh-buhl ]
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adjective

Origin of immedicable

1
First recorded in 1525–35, immedicable is from the Latin word immedicābilis incurable. See im-2, medicable

Other words from immedicable

  • im·med·i·ca·ble·ness, noun
  • im·med·i·ca·bly, adverb

Words Nearby immedicable

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How to use immedicable in a sentence

  • The taint was too inveterate to be eradicated; the evil was immedicable; Rome was already effete and moribund.

    The Catacombs of Rome | William Henry Withrow
  • He learns to bear what he cannot prevent, knowing that courage and patience make tolerable immedicable ills.

  • Buddhism denied Brahm and every tenet of Brahmanism, save only that which concerned the immedicable misery of life.

  • Here was the agony that lurked in pleasure, the immedicable pain which allured—lights gleamed behind swaying veils.

    The Socialist | Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger Gull
  • It has received the immedicable wound; no hellebore can cure it.

British Dictionary definitions for immedicable

immedicable

/ (ɪˈmɛdɪkəbəl) /


adjective
  1. (of wounds) unresponsive to treatment

Derived forms of immedicable

  • immedicableness, noun
  • immedicably, adverb

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