incurable
English
Etymology
From Old French incurable, from Late Latin incurabilis.
Pronunciation
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Adjective
incurable (not comparable)
- Of an illness, condition, etc, that is unable to be cured; healless.
- 1854, James Stephen, On Desultory and Systematic Reading
- They were labouring under a profound, and, as it might have seemed, an almost incurable ignorance.
- 1854, James Stephen, On Desultory and Systematic Reading
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Translations
unable to be cured
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Noun
incurable (plural incurables)
- One who cannot be cured.
Anagrams
Catalan
Etymology
From Late Latin incurabilis, attested from 1460.[1]
Adjective
incurable m or f (masculine and feminine plural incurables)
- incurable
- Synonym: inguarible
- Antonyms: curable, guarible
Related terms
References
- ^ “incurable”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
Further reading
- “incurable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “incurable” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “incurable” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
Etymology
From Late Latin incurabilis.
Pronunciation
Adjective
incurable (plural incurables)
- incurable
- Synonym: inguérissable
- Antonyms: curable, guérissable
Further reading
- “incurable”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French
Adjective
incurable m or f (plural incurables)
Spanish
Etymology
From Late Latin incūrābilis.
Adjective
incurable m or f (masculine and feminine plural incurables)
Related terms
Further reading
- “incurable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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