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unˈmedicinable, a.
[un-1 7 b, 5 b.]
1. Incurable.
1575Gascoigne Glasse of Govt. v. iii, The misgovernment of a mans children..is unto the wysest mynde an unmedicinable wounde. 1624Heywood Gunaik. iii. 160 To give date unto..thy violent and unmedicinable torture.
b. Refusing medical treatment.
c1611Chapman Iliad xvi. 24 But these [chiefs]..physicians can recure, Thou yet unmed'cinable still, though thy wound all endure.
2. Incapable of effecting a cure.
1606Chapman Gent. Usher iv. ii, Away with this unmedcinable balme Of worded breath. 1614Latham Falconry 116 As it is a thing very medicinable,..being rightly giuen; so also, it is as vnmedicinable and hurtfull if..otherwise vsed. |