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implacableness

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im⋅plac⋅a⋅ble

  [im-plak-uh-buhl, -pley-kuh-]
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–adjective
not to be appeased, mollified, or pacified; inexorable: an implacable enemy.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME < L implācābilis. See im- 2 , placable

Related forms:
im⋅plac⋅a⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, im⋅plac⋅a⋅ble⋅ness, noun
im⋅plac⋅a⋅bly, adverb

Synonyms:
unappeasable, unbending, merciless. See inflexible.
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im·plac·a·ble   (ĭm-plāk'ə-bəl, -plā'kə-)   
adj.  Impossible to placate or appease: implacable foes; implacable suspicion.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin implācābilis : in-, not; see in-1 + plācābilis, placable; see placable.]
im·plac'a·bil'i·ty, im·plac'a·ble·ness n., im·plac'a·bly adv.
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Word Origin & History

implacable 
1522, from O.Fr. implacable, from L. implacabilis "unappeasable," from in- "not" + placabilis "easily appeased" (see placate).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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