"incorrigible" meaning in English

See incorrigible in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ɪnˈkɒɹɪdʒəb(ə)l/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɪnˈkɒɹɪdʒɪb(ə)l/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɪnˈkɔɹɪd͡ʒəb(ə)l/ [General-American], /ɪnˈkɔɹəd͡ʒəb(ə)l/ [General-American] Audio: en-au-incorrigible.ogg [Australia]
Etymology: From Middle English incorrigible, from Middle French incorrigible (1334), or directly from Latin incorrigibilis (“not to be corrected”), from in- (“not”) + corrigere (“to correct”) + -ibilis (“-able”). Recorded since 1340. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|incorrigible}} Middle English incorrigible, {{der|en|frm|incorrigible}} Middle French incorrigible, {{der|en|la|incorrigibilis||not to be corrected}} Latin incorrigibilis (“not to be corrected”), {{compound|la|in-|corrigō|-ibilis|alt2=corrigere|nocat=1|t1=not|t2=to correct|t3=-able}} in- (“not”) + corrigere (“to correct”) + -ibilis (“-able”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} incorrigible (not comparable)
  1. Defective and impossible to materially correct or set aright. Tags: not-comparable Translations (defective and materially impossible to correct or set aright): непоправим (nepopravim) (Bulgarian), onverbeterbaar (Dutch), onherstelbaar (Dutch), unverbesserbar (German), непоправлив (nepopravliv) (Macedonian), ngākau totoa (Maori), incorrigível (Portuguese), неисправи́мый (neispravímyj) (Russian), incorregible (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-incorrigible-en-adj-VXxYs1FE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 20 0 24 22 1 10 Disambiguation of 'defective and materially impossible to correct or set aright': 64 9 1 8 16 1
  2. Incurably depraved; not reformable. Tags: not-comparable Translations (incurably depraved): عَنِيد (ʕanīd) (Arabic), onverbeterlijk (Dutch), nekorektebla (Esperanto), incorrixible (Galician), unverbesserlich (German), mmekwata (Igbo), incorrigible (Middle English), incorrigível (Portuguese), kuchinja (Shona), nenapraviteľný (Slovak), empecatado (Spanish), oförbätterlig (Swedish), anniwygiadwy (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-incorrigible-en-adj-8k44loQy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 20 0 24 22 1 10 Disambiguation of 'incurably depraved': 9 72 0 8 10 1
  3. Impervious to correction by punishment or pain. Tags: not-comparable Translations (impervious to correction by punishment or pain): непоправим (nepopravim) (Bulgarian), onverbeterlijk (Dutch), auttamaton (Finnish), unverbesserlich (German), непоправлив (nepopravliv) (Macedonian), incorrigível (Portuguese), incorregible (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-incorrigible-en-adj-pJTSXU8n Disambiguation of 'impervious to correction by punishment or pain': 2 0 96 0 1 1
  4. Unmanageable. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-incorrigible-en-adj-nW9mYpCr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 20 0 24 22 1 10
  5. Determined, unalterable, hence impossible to improve upon. Tags: not-comparable Translations (determined, unalterable): onverbeterbaar (Dutch), onveranderlijk (Dutch), unverbesserlich (German), ngākau totoa (Maori), incorregible (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-incorrigible-en-adj-ZOU~I93p Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 20 0 24 22 1 10 Disambiguation of 'determined, unalterable': 6 3 0 1 85 4
  6. (archaic) Incurable. Tags: archaic, not-comparable Translations (incurable): неизлечим (neizlečim) (Bulgarian), неизлечив (neizlečiv) (Macedonian), неизлечи́мый (neizlečímyj) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-incorrigible-en-adj-xLXIitsZ Disambiguation of 'incurable': 2 1 1 1 3 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: irredeemable, irreparable, uncorrectable Derived forms: incorrigibility, incorrigibly Related terms: incorrect

Noun

IPA: /ɪnˈkɒɹɪdʒəb(ə)l/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɪnˈkɒɹɪdʒɪb(ə)l/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɪnˈkɔɹɪd͡ʒəb(ə)l/ [General-American], /ɪnˈkɔɹəd͡ʒəb(ə)l/ [General-American] Audio: en-au-incorrigible.ogg [Australia] Forms: incorrigibles [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English incorrigible, from Middle French incorrigible (1334), or directly from Latin incorrigibilis (“not to be corrected”), from in- (“not”) + corrigere (“to correct”) + -ibilis (“-able”). Recorded since 1340. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|incorrigible}} Middle English incorrigible, {{der|en|frm|incorrigible}} Middle French incorrigible, {{der|en|la|incorrigibilis||not to be corrected}} Latin incorrigibilis (“not to be corrected”), {{compound|la|in-|corrigō|-ibilis|alt2=corrigere|nocat=1|t1=not|t2=to correct|t3=-able}} in- (“not”) + corrigere (“to correct”) + -ibilis (“-able”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} incorrigible (plural incorrigibles)
  1. An incorrigibly bad individual. Translations (an incorrigibly bad individual): onverbeterlijke [masculine] (Dutch), incorrigible [feminine, masculine] (French), непоправник (nepopravnik) [masculine] (Macedonian), ngākau totoa (Maori)
    Sense id: en-incorrigible-en-noun-sTMbZTx9

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "code": "mi",
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      "sense": "an incorrigibly bad individual",
      "word": "ngākau totoa"
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