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Incurable
Pronunciation : In*cur"a*ble
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [F. incurable, L. incurabilis. See In- not, and Curable.]
Definition : 1. Not capable of being cured; beyond the power of skill or medicine to remedy; as, an incurable disease. A scirrh is not absolutely incurable. Arbuthnot.
2. Not admitting or capable of remedy or correction; irremediable; remediless; as, incurable evils. Rancorous and incurable hostility. Burke. They were laboring under a profound, and, as it might have seemed, an almost incurable ignorance. Sir J. Stephen.
Syn. -- Irremediable; remediless; irrecoverable; irretrievable; irreparable; hopeless.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : In*cur"a*ble
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: A person diseased beyond cure.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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