immarcescible

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English

Etymology

From Middle French inmarcessible (1482), later immarcescible (that does not shrivel" or "that does not perish), from Latin immarcescibilis (unfading).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɪmɑː(ɹ)ˈsɛsɪbəl/

Adjective

immarcescible (comparative more immarcescible, superlative most immarcescible)

  1. (rare) Permanent, enduring; that does not perish.
    • 1989, Kathleen Raine, “Hieros Gamos”, in Selected Poems, page 103:
      I did not think to see them once again, / For what could bring into an old woman's dream / Canova's immarcescible marble lovers?

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French

Etymology

    Learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin immarcēscibilis.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /i.maʁ.sɛ.sibl/ ~ /i.maʁ.se.sibl/
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    Adjective

    immarcescible (plural immarcescibles)

    1. (literary) immarcescible, unfading (permanent, enduring, that does not perish)
      Synonyms: impérissable, inflétrissable

    Descendants

    • Spanish: inmarcesible

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