immedicable

[ ih-med-i-kuh-buhl ]

adjective

1. incurable.

immedicable

/ ɪˈmɛdɪkəbəl /

adjective

1. (of wounds) unresponsive to treatment

Derived Forms

• imˈmedicableness, noun
• imˈmedicably, adverb

Other Words From

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of immedicable¹

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

Example Sentences

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

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He learns to bear what he cannot prevent, knowing that courage and patience make tolerable immedicable ills.

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

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

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It has received the immedicable wound; no hellebore can cure it.

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Related Words

• deadly
• fatal
• hopeless
• inoperable