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6 days ago · noun. immedicably (imˈmedicably) adverb. Word Frequency. immedicable in American English. (ɪˈmɛdɪkəbəl ) adjective. that cannot be healed; incurable. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved. Word origin. L immedicabilis: see in- 2 & medicable. Word Frequency.
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Immedicable definition: That cannot be healed; incurable.
There are two meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective immedicable. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
adjective. im· med· i· ca· ble (ˌ)i (m)-ˈme-di-kə-bəl. : incurable. wounds immedicable John Milton. immedicably. (ˌ)i (m)-ˈme-di-kə-blē. adverb. Word History. Etymology. Latin immedicabilis, from in- + medicabilis medicable. First Known Use. 1533, in the meaning defined above. Time Traveler. The first known use of immedicable was in 1533.
There is one meaning in OED's entry for the adverb immedicably. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.
immedicable (comparative more immedicable, superlative most immedicable) Incurable; not able to be assisted by medicine. 1650, John Donne, "Elegie XVII": Here love receiv'd immedicable harmes, / And was dispoiled of his daring armes. Milton Wounds immedicable / Rankle, and fester, and gangrene.
It keeps up a perpetual fever in my veins; it frets my immedicable wound; it is instinct with poison. The Last Man 2003. In the south, the disease, virulent and immedicable, had nearly annihilated the race of man; storm and inundation, poisonous winds and blights, filled up the measure of suffering. The Last Man 2003