imprescriptible

[ im-pri-skrip-tuh-buh l ]

/ ˌɪm prɪˈskrɪp tə bəl /

adjective Law.

not subject to prescription.

Words nearby imprescriptible

impredicative, impregnable, impregnate, impresa, impresario, imprescriptible, impress, impressible, impression, impressionable, impressionism

Origin of imprescriptible

From the Medieval Latin word imprescriptibilis, dating back to 1555–65. See im-², prescriptible

OTHER WORDS FROM imprescriptible

im·pre·scrip·ti·bil·i·ty, nounim·pre·scrip·ti·bly, adverb

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

Examples from the Web for imprescriptible

It is limited by no "imprescriptible" right of the individual.
Liberalism|L. T. Hobhouse
The right of the journalist is as sacred, as necessary, as imprescriptible, as the right of the legislator.
The Speaker, No. 5: Volume II, Issue 1|Various
This sovereignty is one, indivisible, imprescriptible, and inalienable.
The Writings Of Thomas Paine, Volume III.|Thomas Paine
There is no “imprescriptible right” to either independence or empire.
The Rising Tide of Color Against White World-Supremacy|Theodore Lothrop Stoddard

Imprescriptible, im-pre-skrip′ti-bl, adj. not founded on external authority.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M)|Various

British Dictionary definitions for imprescriptible

imprescriptible

/ (ˌɪmprɪˈskrɪptəbəl) /

adjective

law immune or exempt from prescription

Derived forms of imprescriptible

imprescriptibility, nounimprescriptibly, adverb

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012