Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

incurable

/ˌɪnˈkjʊɹəbl/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.03 in modern English

Syllables: in-cur-able
IPA: /ˌɪnˈkjʊɹəbl/

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of an illness, condition, etc, that is unable to be cured; healless.

adj

Irremediable, incorrigible.

noun

One who cannot be cured.

Example Sentences

"They were labouring under a profound, and, as it might have seemed, an almost incurable ignorance."
"an incurable romantic"
"Heatherlegh, the Doctor, kept, in addition to his regular practice, a hospital on his private account — an arrangement of loose-boxes for Incurables, his friends called it — but it was really a sort of fitting-up shed for craft that had been damaged by stress of weather."

Etymology

From Old French incurable, from Late Latin incurabilis.

Origin

Source language: Old French

Word Breakdown

Root: incurable, incurabilis

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌɪnˈkjʊɹəbl/
British English: /ˌɪnˈkjʊəɹəbl/

Inflected Forms

incurables (plural)

Derived Forms

incurableness incurably radioincurable

Frequently Paired Words

incurability terminal

Synonyms

uncurable

Antonyms

curable

Rhymes With

durable curable uninsurable nondurable

Questions

How do you pronounce incurable?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌɪnˈkjʊɹəbl/.
What does incurable mean?: Of an illness, condition, etc, that is unable to be cured; healless.
Where does incurable come from?: It is traced to Old French.

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