immedicable

[ ih-med-i-kuh-buhl ]

/ ɪˈmɛd ɪ kə bəl /

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Origin of immedicable

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, nounim·med·i·ca·bly, adverb

Words nearby immedicable

immediate annuity, immediate constituent, immediate family, immediately, immediatism, immedicable, Immelmann, Immelmann turn, immemorial, immense, immensely

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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.
Education and the Higher Life|J. L. Spalding
Buddhism denied Brahm and every tenet of Brahmanism, save only that which concerned the immedicable misery of life.
The Lords of the Ghostland|Edgar Saltus
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.
Thirty Years' View (Vol. I of 2)|Thomas Hart Benton

British Dictionary definitions for immedicable

immedicable

/ (ɪˈmɛdɪkəbəl) /

adjective

(of wounds) unresponsive to treatment

Derived forms of immedicable

immedicableness, nounimmedicably, adverb

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