IMPLACABLE


Meaning of IMPLACABLE in English

(ˈ)im|plakəbəl, əmˈp- also -plāk- adjective

Etymology: Middle French or Latin; Middle French, from Latin implacabilis, from in- in- (I) + placabilis placable — more at placable

1.

a. : not placable : not capable of being appeased or pacified : inexorable

an implacable enemy

an implacable resentment

single-minded and implacable , even unmerciful, in his servitude to the law — M.S.Mayer

b. : incapable of being significantly changed or modified : following a due unalterable course

the implacable lives of plants — Clifford Gessler

the implacable logic of his career

the measured, arranged, implacable movement of the universe — A.J.Cronin

2. : incapable of being relieved or mitigated

an implacable disease

the horns of an implacable dilemma — J.C.Powys

his implacable interest in love — William McFee

watched that implacable blaze of space as far as the mountainous horizon — D.C.Peattie

• im·placa·ble·ness -bəlnə̇s noun

• im·placa·bly -blē, -bli adverb

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.