immedicable
Americanadjective
adjective
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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
Example Sentences
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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
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 Fosdick, Harry Emerson
As man recedes from one hastener of destruction, he inevitably approaches another: "Gross riot treasures up a wealthy fund Of plagues, but more immedicable ills Attend the lean extreme."
From The Bushman — Life in a New Country by Landor, Edward Wilson
It keeps up a perpetual fever in my veins; it frets my immedicable wound; it is instinct with poison.
From The Last Man by Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft
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