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irradicable

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ir⋅rad⋅i⋅ca⋅ble

[i-rad-i-kuh-buhl]
–adjective
ineradicable.

Origin:
1720–30; ir- 2 + L rādīc(ārī) to grow roots, take root (taken incorrectly as “to root up”) + -able. See eradicable


ir⋅rad⋅i⋅ca⋅bly, adverb
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ir·rad·i·ca·ble   (ĭ-rād'ĭ-kə-bəl)   
adj.  Impossible to uproot or destroy; ineradicable: irradicable weeds; irradicable prejudices.

[Medieval Latin irrādīcābilis : Latin in-, not; see in-1 + Latin rādīx, rādīc-, root; see eradicate.]
ir·rad'i·ca·bly adv.
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