immarcescible
English
editEtymology
editFrom Middle French inmarcessible (1482), later immarcescible (“that does not shrivel" or "that does not perish”), from Latin immarcescibilis (“unfading”).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editimmarcescible (comparative more immarcescible, superlative most immarcescible)
- (rare) Permanent, enduring; that does not perish.
- 1989, Kathleen Raine, “Hieros Gamos”, in Selected Poems, page 103:
- I did not think to see them once again, / For what could bring into an old woman's dream / Canova's immarcescible marble lovers?
Antonyms
editDerived terms
editFrench
editEtymology
editLearned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin immarcescibilis.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /i.maʁ.sɛ.sibl/ ~ /i.maʁ.se.sibl/
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Adjective
editimmarcescible (plural immarcescibles)
- (literary) immarcescible (permanent, enduring, that does not perish)
- Synonyms: impérissable, inflétrissable
See also
editFurther reading
edit- “immarcescible”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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