incorrigible
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Etymology
From Middle English incorrigible, from Middle French incorrigible (1334), or directly from Latin incorrigibilis (“not to be corrected”), from in- (“not”) + corrigere (“to correct”) + -ibilis (“-able”), equivalent to in- + corrigible. Recorded since 1340.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪnˈkɒɹɪdʒəb(ə)l/, /ɪnˈkɒɹɪdʒɪb(ə)l/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɪnˈkɔɹɪd͡ʒəb(ə)l/, /ɪnˈkɔɹəd͡ʒəb(ə)l/
Audio (General Australian): (file) - Hyphenation: in‧cor‧ri‧gi‧ble
Adjective
incorrigible (not comparable)
- Defective and impossible to materially correct or set aright.
- The construction flaw is incorrigible; any attempt to amend it would cause a complete collapse.
- Incurably depraved; not reformable.
- His dark soul was too incorrigible to repent, even at his execution.
- Impervious to correction by punishment or pain.
- Unmanageable.
- 2006 December 7, Michael White, “Breaking up is hard to do, even at the Treasury”, in The Guardian, London:
- Gordon Brown may have his grumpy, Granita moments, but as a strategist he is an incorrigible optimist.
- Determined, unalterable, hence impossible to improve upon.
- The laws of nature and mathematics are incorrigible.
- (archaic) Incurable.
- 1859, The British Journal of Psychiatry, volume 6, page 312:
- It may appear as an epidemic, as a hereditary complaint, or as an obstinate and incorrigible disease again and again recurring.
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Translations
defective and materially impossible to correct or set aright
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incurably depraved
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impervious to correction by punishment or pain
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unmanageable — see unmanageable
determined, unalterable
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incurable
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Noun
incorrigible (plural incorrigibles)
- An incorrigibly bad individual.
- The incorrigibles in the prison population are either lifers or habitual reoffenders.
Translations
an incorrigibly bad individual
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Etymology
Recorded since 1334 as Middle French incorrigible, from Latin incorrigibilis (“not to be corrected”). Morphologically, from in- + corrigible.
Pronunciation
Adjective
incorrigible (plural incorrigibles)
- incorrigible
- Synonyms: indécrottable, irrécupérable
- Antonyms: corrigible, corrigeable
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Noun
incorrigible m (plural incorrigibles)
- an incorrigible
Further reading
- “incorrigible”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French incorrigible, from Latin incorrigibilis.
Pronunciation
Adjective
incorrigible (Late Middle English)
Descendants
- English: incorrigible
References
- “incorriǧī̆ble, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin incorrigibilis.
Adjective
incorrigible m or f (plural incorrigibles)
- unpunished
- Pource que nous ne vouloiens mie que telz fais demourast incorrigibles […]
- Because we don't want such deeds to go unpunished
Descendants
- → Middle English: incorrigible, incorigeble, incorrigibil, incorygibile, incorigibyll
- English: incorrigible
- French: incorrigible
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (incorrigible)
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