immedicable
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Origin of immedicable
First recorded in 1525–35, immedicable is from the Latin word immedicābilis incurable. See im- 2, medicable
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In the south, the disease, virulent and immedicable, had nearly annihilated the race of man; storm and inundation, poisonous winds and blights, filled up the measure of suffering.
From The Last Man by Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft
The evil was so wide-spreading, so violent and immedicable, that no care, no prevention could be judged superfluous, which even added a chance to our escape.
From The Last Man by Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft
It was the fierce outcry of a man in torment, the immedicable torment of an injured pride.
From Masterman and Son by Dawson, W. J. (William James)
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 Huneker, James
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 Jameson, Mrs. (Anna)
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