incorrigible
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Old 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)
- 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.
- The imp is incorrigible: his bottom is still red from his last spanking when he plans the next prank.
- Unmanageable.
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- 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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French
Etymology
Recorded since 1334, from Old French incorrigible (1334), or a borrowing directly from Latin incorrigibilis (“not to be corrected”), from in- "not" + corrigere "to correct" + -ibilis "-able".
Pronunciation
Adjective
incorrigible (plural incorrigibles)
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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.
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin incorrigibilis.
Adjective
incorrigible m (oblique and nominative feminine singular incorrigible)
- unpunished
- Pource que nous ne vouloiens mie que telz fais demourast incorrigibles […]
- Because we don't want such deeds to go unpunished
- Pource que nous ne vouloiens mie que telz fais demourast incorrigibles […]
Descendants
- → 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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