incorrigible

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English

WOTD – 10 April 2016

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”). Recorded since 1340.

Pronunciation

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  • Audio (AU):(file)
  • Hyphenation: in‧cor‧ri‧gi‧ble

Adjective

incorrigible (not comparable)

  1. Defective and impossible to materially correct or set aright.
    The construction flaw is incorrigible; any attempt to amend it would cause a complete collapse.
  2. Incurably depraved; not reformable.
    His dark soul was too incorrigible to repent, even at his execution.
  3. Impervious to correction by punishment or pain.
  4. Unmanageable.
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  5. Determined, unalterable, hence impossible to improve upon.
    The laws of nature and mathematics are incorrigible.
  6. (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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Noun

incorrigible (plural incorrigibles)

  1. An incorrigibly bad individual.
    The incorrigibles in the prison population are either lifers or habitual reoffenders.

Translations

French

Etymology

Recorded since 1334 as Middle French incorrigible, from Latin incorrigibilis (“not to be corrected”), from in- "not" + corrigere "to correct" + -ibilis "-able".

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛ̃.kɔ.ʁi.ʒibl/

Adjective

incorrigible (plural incorrigibles)

  1. incorrigible
    Antonyms: corrigible, corrigeable

Noun

incorrigible m (plural incorrigibles)

  1. an incorrigible

Further reading

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French incorrigible, from Latin incorrigibilis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /inˌkɔriˈdʒiːbəl/, /inˈkɔridʒibəl/

Adjective

incorrigible (Late Middle English)

  1. insoluble, unmanageable
  2. irredeemable, not reformable

Descendants

  • English: incorrigible

References

Middle French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin incorrigibilis.

Adjective

incorrigible m or f (plural incorrigibles)

  1. unpunished
    Pource que nous ne vouloiens mie que telz fais demourast incorrigibles […]
    Because we don't want such deeds to go unpunished

Descendants

References

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