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English
Etymology
From in- + effaceable.
Adjective
ineffaceable (comparative more ineffaceable, superlative most ineffaceable)
- Incapable of being effaced.
- Synonym: indelible
1865, Edward Dutton Cook, Sir Felix Foy, Bart., page 233:Mr. Disbrowe was reclining on a well-worn horsehair-covered sofa, his frequent reclinings on which piece of furniture had stamped a deep and quite ineffaceable impression of his weighty form upon the cushion.
1880, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], chapter VII, in A Tramp Abroad; , Hartford, Conn.: American Publishing Company; London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:[…] I am sure of one thing—scars are plenty enough in Germany, among the young men; and very grim ones they are, too. They crisscross the face in angry red welts, and are permanent and ineffaceable.
Translations
Incapable of being effaced.