Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

immedicable

/ɪˈmɛdɪkəb(ə)l/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: im-med-i-ca-ble
IPA: /ɪˈmɛdɪkəb(ə)l/

20

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

5

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Incurable; not able to be assisted by medicine.

Example Sentences

"Here love receiv'd immedicable harmes, / And was dispoiled of his daring armes."
"wounds immedicable / Ranckle, and feſter, and gangrene, / To black mortification."
"The beast Has a loud trumpet like the Scarabee, His crookèd tail is barbed with many stings, Each able to make a thousand wounds, and each Immedicable; from his convex eyes He sees fair things in many hideous shapes, And trumpets all his falsehood to the world."

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French immedicable and its source, Latin immedicābilis.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: immedicābilis

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ɪˈmɛdɪkəb(ə)l/

Derived Forms

immedicably

Questions

How do you pronounce immedicable?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɪˈmɛdɪkəb(ə)l/.
What does immedicable mean?: Incurable; not able to be assisted by medicine.
Where does immedicable come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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