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ineffaceable, a.|ɪnɪˈfeɪsəb(ə)l|
[f. in-3 + efface + -able. Cf. F. ineffaçable (1564 in Hatz.-Darm.).]
That cannot be effaced, obliterated, or blotted out; indelible. (lit. and fig.)
1804W. Taylor in Ann. Rev. II. 219 The ineffacable horrors and disgraceful excesses of the promoters and quellers of the Wexford insurrection. 1807Southey Lett. (1856) II. 25 The everlasting and ineffaceable infamy of bombarding Copenhagen. 1858Hawthorne Fr. & It. Jrnls. I. 87 The nail-marks in the hands and feet of Jesus, ineffaceable, even after he had passed into bliss and glory. 1879Farrar St. Paul (1883) 52 That ineffaceable impression produced by His very aspect.
Hence ineffaceaˈbility, the quality of being ineffaceable; ineˈffaceably adv., in an ineffaceable manner, indelibly.
1814Southey Roderick x. Poet. Wks. IX. 99 On his fame The Ethiop dye, fixed ineffaceably, For ever will abide. 1832Fraser's Mag. V. 510 The hideous brand of interested apostacy..ineffaceably imprinted on his forehead. a1878Mrs. Grote in Lady Eastlake Life vii. (1880) 145 The curious fact of the ineffaceability of the Jews. 1893L. Twining Recoll. 58 The ineffaceability of early impressions. |