INCURABLE


Meaning of INCURABLE in English

I. (ˈ)in, ən+ adjective

Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French or Late Latin; Middle French, from Late Latin incurabilis, from Latin in- in- (I) + curabilis curable — more at curable

1. : impossible to cure

an incurable disease

2. : admitting of no remedy or correction

incurable optimism

: being a thing specified beyond any possibility of alteration or control

these incurable busybodies

II. noun

( -s )

: a person diseased beyond cure

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