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irradicable - 2 dictionary results

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
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ir·rad·i·ca·ble     (ĭ-rād'ĭ-kə-bəl)  Pronunciation Key 
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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