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† ineˈmendable, a. Obs. rare. [ad. L. inēmendābilis that cannot be amended or improved; (in Laws of Cnut and Hen. I, in sense ‘that cannot be remedied by a fine’, Du Cange); f. in- (in-3) + ēmendābilis amendable, emendable.] Incapable of being emended; incurable.
1532More Confut. Tindale Wks. 569/2 In auoyding of their sedicious trouble, and for the repressyng of theyr inemendable malice. 1708Kersey s.v., [In old Times] such a Crime was said to be inemendable, as could not be atoned for by a Fine. 1721in Bailey. Hence † ineˈmendableness (Bailey, 1727). |