irremeable

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin irremeābilis, from in- (“not”) + remeābilis (“returning”), from remeō. Compare French irréméable. See remeant.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɪˈɹɛm.i.ə.bəl/

Adjective

irremeable (comparative more irremeable, superlative most irremeable)

  1. (obsolete) Admitting no return.
    an irremeable way
    • 1690, [John] Dryden, Don Sebastian, King of Portugal: , London: Jo. Hindmarsh, , →OCLC, (please specify the page number):
      Oh , thou hast given me such a glimpse of hell ,
      So pushed me forward even to the brink
      Of that irremeable burning gulf
    • 1715–1720, Homer, translated by Alexander Pope, “Book 23”, in The Iliad of Homer, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: W Bowyer, for Bernard Lintott , →OCLC:
      th' irremeable flood

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “irremeable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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