incorrigible
English
/ɪnˈkɒɹɨdʒɨb(ə)l/, /ɪnˈkɔɹɨdʒɨb(ə)l/
adj
Definitions
- Defective and impossible to materially correct or set aright.
- Incurably depraved; not reformable.
- Impervious to correction by punishment or pain.
- Unmanageable.
- Determined, unalterable, hence impossible to improve upon.
- (archaic) Incurable.
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French incorrigible borrowed from Latin incorrigibilis (not to be corrected), in- (not, in, on, un-, at, into, onto, inside, without, upon, within) + Latin corrigō (correct)+ Latin -ibilis (-able).
Origin
Latin
-ibilis
Gloss
-able
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -ible English
- corrigate English
- inconcoct English
- incorrigibility English
- incorrigibleness English
- incorrigibly English
- incremable English
- *imprendō Latin
- *impēiōrāre Latin
- *inclāvāre Latin
- -ibilis Latin
- corrigō Latin
- ferō Latin
- in Latin
- in- Latin
- incatenatio Latin
- incorrigibilis Latin
- inferō Latin
- innocens Latin
- inquaerere, inquiro Latin
- installāre Latin
- installō Latin
- intaminare Latin
- nocens Latin
- in- German
- -evole Italian
- -ibile Italian
- in- Italian
- in- French
- incorrigible French
- -ible Spanish, Castilian
- in- Spanish, Castilian
- intransigente Spanish, Castilian
- inusitado Spanish, Castilian
- *h₁én Proto-Indo-European
- in- Portuguese
- inusitado Portuguese
- in- Middle English
- -ible Old French
- acte Old French
- corriger Old French
- en- Old French
- incorrigible Old French
- -ible Catalan, Valencian
- in- Catalan, Valencian
- în- Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- încotro Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- îndărăt Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- en- Old Portuguese
- ãn- Aromanian
- *en- Proto-Italic
- *stall Frankish
- en- Old Occitan
- en- Old Spanish
- ntufà Neapolitan
- entamenar prv