irremeable

[ih-rem-ee-uh-buhl, ih-ree-mee-]

adjective

Literary.

1. permitting no return to the original place or condition; irreversible.

irremeable

/ ɪˈrɛmɪəbəl, ɪˈriː- /

adjective

1. archaic,  affording no possibility of return

Other Word Forms

• irremeably adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of irremeable¹

1560–70; < Latin irremeābilis, equivalent to ir- ir- ² + remeā ( re ) to come back ( re- re- + meāre to go; permeate ) + -bilis -ble

Word History and Origins

Origin of irremeable¹

C16: from Latin irremeābilis, from _ir- + remeāre to return, from _re- + meāre to go

Example Sentences

Till, in the irremeable webs of night The sun is snared, and the corroded moon A dust upon the gulfs, and all the stars Rotted and fall'n like rivets from the sky, Letting the darkness down upon all things.

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"My wealth, my rank, my irremeable love for you, I throw them at your feet," Lord George cried piteously.

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Nothing worse In whate'er cause than impious fellowship, Nothing of good is reap'd for when the field Is sown with wrong the ripened fruit is death So this seer Of temper'd wisdom, of unsullied honour, Just, good, and pious, and a mighty prophet, In despite to his better judgment join'd With men of impious daring, bent to tread The long, irremeable way, with them Shall, if high Jove assist us, be dragg'd down To joint perdition.”—Potter.

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The warder overwhelmed, Aeneas makes entrance, and quickly issues from the bank of the irremeable wave.

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Knowledge acquired by a man of low degree places him on a level with a prince, as a small river attains the irremeable ocean; and his fortune is then exalted.

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