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Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - incorrigible

 
 

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Incorrigible

incorrigible
If you tell someone they are incorrigible, you are saying, often in a humorous way, that they have faults which will never change. ‘Sue, you are incorrigible!’ he said... Gamblers are incorrigible optimists. ADJ
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   adjective  Etymology: Middle English, from Late Latin incorrigibilis, from Latin in- + corrigere to correct — more at correct  Date: 14th century incapable of being corrected or amended: as  a.  (1) not reformable ; depraved  (2) delinquent  b. not manageable ; unruly  c. unalterable, inveterate  • incorrigibility noun  • ~ noun  • ~ness noun  • incorrigibly adverb ...
Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
2.
  adj. 1 (of a person or habit) incurably bad or depraved. 2 not readily improved. Derivatives incorrigibility n. incorrigibleness n. incorrigibly adv. Etymology: ME f. OF incorrigible or L incorrigibilis (as IN-(1), CORRIGIBLE) ...
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  1. неисправимый человек 2. неисправимый, безнадежный incorrigible liar —- неисправимый лгун 3. непоправимый incorrigible mistakes —- непоправимые ошибки ...
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  adj. неисправимый ...
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  ~ adj often humorous someone who is incorrigible is bad in a way that cannot be changed or improved  (an incorrigible liar/gambler/rogue etc)  (Peter, you are an incorrigible flirt!) - incorrigibly adv ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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  - M.E., from Fr., from L. incorrigibilis, from in- "not" + corrigere "to correct." ...
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