ineffaceable

[ in-i-fey-suh-buh l ]

/ ˌɪn ɪˈfeɪ sə bəl /

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adjective

not effaceable or eradicable; indelible: an ineffaceable impression.

Nearby words

inedited, ineducable, ineducation, ineffability, ineffable, ineffaceable, ineffective, ineffectual, inefficacious, inefficacy, inefficiency

Origin of ineffaceable

First recorded in 1795–1805; in-³ + effaceable

Related formsin·ef·face·a·bil·i·ty, nounin·ef·face·a·bly, adverb

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Examples from the Web for ineffaceable

These three dens which we entered were enough to make an ineffaceable impression on the mind of one traveller.
Drugging a Nation|Samuel Merwin
We cannot admit that, to justify the practice of marking a man's shoulders with the ineffaceable stripes of disgrace.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 370, August 1846|Various
I am very glad to have left Rome under this ineffaceable impression.
The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky|Modeste Tchaikovsky
“Sic transit gloria mundi” came last, and left an ineffaceable impression.
Recollections of a Long Life|John Stoughton

For is p. 199it not more clear than day that we feel in ourselves the ineffaceable traces of divine excellence?
Pascal|John Tulloch

British Dictionary definitions for ineffaceable

ineffaceable

/ (ˌɪnɪˈfeɪsəbəl) /

adjective

incapable of being effaced; indelible

Derived Formsineffaceability, nounineffaceably, adverb

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ineffaceable

adjective

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Origin of ineffaceable

Examples from the Web for ineffaceable

British Dictionary definitions for ineffaceable

ineffaceable

adjective