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immedicable

American  
[ih-med-i-kuh-buhl] / ɪˈmɛd ɪ kə bəl /

adjective

  1. incurable.


immedicable British  
/ ɪˈmɛdɪkəbəl /

adjective

  1. (of wounds) unresponsive to treatment

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of immedicable

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


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He was brought up to believe in God and he has never felt with poignant sympathy enough the abysmal, immedicable woes of human-kind to have his faith disturbed.

From Christianity and Progress by Harry Emerson Fosdick

The immedicable injury which his constitution had sustained from the assault of Brooks developed fresh complications, and renewed all of the old bodily suffering.

From Charles Sumner Centenary The American Negro Academy. Occasional Papers No. 14 by Archibald Henry Grimké

And the hurt, cruel and immedicable, rankles in the breasts of those women today, as it rankled in the breasts of their mothers of a past long vanished.

From Papers of the American Negro Academy. (The American Negro Academy. Occasional Papers, No. 18-19.) by John W. Cromwell

That his syllables are of ivory I feel, and improvised, but his themes are pluralistic, the immedicable and colossal ennui of life the chiefest.

From Ivory Apes and Peacocks by James Huneker

Weak you will find it in one only part, Now pierc'd by Love's immedicable dart.

From The Romance of Biography (Vol 1 of 2) or Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets, from the Days of the Troubadours to the Present Age. 3rd ed. 2 Vols. by Mrs. (Anna) Jameson

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