irradicable
[ih-rad-i-kuh-buh l]
adjective
RELATED WORDS
accepted, accustomed, chronic, deep-rooted, deep-seated, dyed-in-the-wool, entrenched, fixed, habituated, hard-shell, hardened, ineradicable, ingrained, inveterate, proved, seasoned, set, settled, staid, valid
Origin of irradicable
1720–30; ir-2 + Latin rādīc(ārī) to grow roots, take root (taken incorrectly as “to root up”) + -able. See eradicable
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They come with the spring of life, root deep into the heart, and cling with irradicable tenacity through life.
The Memories of Fifty YearsWilliam H. Sparks
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