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incorrigible - 5 dictionary results

in⋅cor⋅ri⋅gi⋅ble

  [in-kawr-i-juh-buhl, -kor-]
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–adjective
1. not corrigible; bad beyond correction or reform: incorrigible behavior; an incorrigible liar.
2. impervious to constraints or punishment; willful; unruly; uncontrollable: an incorrigible child; incorrigible hair.
3. firmly fixed; not easily changed: an incorrigible habit.
4. not easily swayed or influenced: an incorrigible optimist.
–noun
5. a person who is incorrigible.
Origin:
1300–50; ME < L incorrigibilis. See in- 3 , corrigible

Related forms:
in⋅cor⋅ri⋅gi⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, in⋅cor⋅ri⋅gi⋅ble⋅ness, noun
in⋅cor⋅ri⋅gi⋅bly, adverb
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in·cor·ri·gi·ble   (ĭn-kôr'ĭ-jə-bəl, -kŏr'-)   
adj.  
  1. Incapable of being corrected or reformed: an incorrigible criminal.
  2. Firmly rooted; ineradicable: incorrigible faults.
  3. Difficult or impossible to control or manage: an incorrigible, spoiled child.
n.  One that cannot be corrected or reformed.

[Middle English, from Latin incorrigibilis : in-, not; see in-1 + corrigere, to correct; see correct.]
in·cor'ri·gi·bil'i·ty, in·cor'ri·gi·ble·ness n., in·cor'ri·gi·bly adv.
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Incorrigible

In*cor"ri*gi*ble\, a. [L. incorrigibilis: cf. F. incorrigible. See In- not, and Corrigible.] Not corrigible; incapable of being corrected or amended; bad beyond correction; irreclaimable; as, incorrigible error. "Incorrigible fools." --Dryden.

Incorrigible

In*cor"ri*gi*ble\, n. One who is corrigible; especially, a hardened criminal; as, the perpetual imprisonment of incorrigibles.
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Language Translation for : incorrigible
Spanish: incorregible,
German: unverbesserlich,
Japanese: 手に負えない
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incorrigible 
1340, from O.Fr. incorrigible (1334), or from L. incorrigibilis "not to be corrected," from in- "not" + corrigere "to correct."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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