immedicable
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- immedicableness noun
- immedicably adverb
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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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
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)
Life was and ever had been sordid, commonplace, ignoble, vulgar, immedicable; refinement was a cowardly veneer that was beneath any seeker after Truth, and Truth was all that mattered.
From Black Oxen by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn
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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