ignoscible

English

Etymology

From Latin ignoscibilis, from ignoscere (“to pardon; literally, not to wish to know”), from in- (“not”) + gnoscere, noscere (“to learn to know”).

Adjective

ignoscible (comparative more ignoscible, superlative most ignoscible)

1. (obsolete, rare) pardonable
   • 1900, Landis Ayr, A Priest and a Woman:

     The waves seemed to have closed over the Umbar episode, perhaps owing to his own ignoscible treatment of the subject and the absconding rogues.