irremeableadj.

/ɪˈrɛmiːəb(ə)l/

/ɪˈriːmiːəb(ə)l/

Etymology: < Latin irremeābilis, < ir- (ir- prefix²) + remeāre to go back, return, < re- back + meāre to go, pass: see -able suffix. In Old French irremeable (Godefroy). Compare permeable.

Admitting of no return; from, by, or through which there is no return. Now only poetic.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > backward movement > [adjective] > returning towards point of departure > admitting of no return

irremeable1569

irreturnable1579

returnless?1615

1569 J. Sanford tr. H. C. Agrippa Of Vanitie Artes & Sci. 145 The countrie of the dead is irremeable.

1611 T. Coryate Crudities sig. Mm5^v I was for the time in a kinde of irremeable labyrinth.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis vi, in tr. Virgil Wks. 379 The Chief without Delay Pass'd on, and took th' irremeable way.

1720 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad V. xix. 312 My three brave Brothers in one mournful Day All trod the dark, irremeable Way.

1767 S. Johnson Lett. to Mrs. Thrale 3 Oct. I perhaps shall not be easily persuaded..to venture myself on the irremeable road.

1768 J. Hawkesworth tr. Télémaque vii. (1784) 73 The irremeable waters of Styx..preclude for ever the return of hope.

1864 A. C. Swinburne Atalanta 600 We shot after and sped Clear through the irremeable Symplegades.

1974 Encounter Feb. 54/1 The subject of correctness in language is now tending to be lost in an irremeable labyrinth.

Derivatives

iˈrremeably adv. without possibility of return.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the past > [adverb] > in the past or over and done with

arrear1587

irremeably1805

forbye1862

down the river1930

1805 T. Harral Scenes of Life II. 94 The time of remedy, as well as of prevention, was now irremeably past.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	irremeable
释义	irremeableadj. /ɪˈrɛmiːəb(ə)l//ɪˈriːmiːəb(ə)l/ Etymology: < Latin irremeābilis, < ir- (ir- prefix²) + remeāre to go back, return, < re- back + meāre to go, pass: see -able suffix. In Old French irremeable (Godefroy). Compare permeable. Admitting of no return; from, by, or through which there is no return. Now only poetic. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > backward movement > [adjective] > returning towards point of departure > admitting of no return irremeable1569 irreturnable1579 returnless?1615 1569 J. Sanford tr. H. C. Agrippa Of Vanitie Artes & Sci. 145 The countrie of the dead is irremeable. 1611 T. Coryate Crudities sig. Mm5^v I was for the time in a kinde of irremeable labyrinth. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis vi, in tr. Virgil Wks. 379 The Chief without Delay Pass'd on, and took th' irremeable way. 1720 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad V. xix. 312 My three brave Brothers in one mournful Day All trod the dark, irremeable Way. 1767 S. Johnson Lett. to Mrs. Thrale 3 Oct. I perhaps shall not be easily persuaded..to venture myself on the irremeable road. 1768 J. Hawkesworth tr. Télémaque vii. (1784) 73 The irremeable waters of Styx..preclude for ever the return of hope. 1864 A. C. Swinburne Atalanta 600 We shot after and sped Clear through the irremeable Symplegades. 1974 Encounter Feb. 54/1 The subject of correctness in language is now tending to be lost in an irremeable labyrinth. Derivatives iˈrremeably adv. without possibility of return. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > [adverb] > in the past or over and done with arrear1587 irremeably1805 forbye1862 down the river1930 1805 T. Harral Scenes of Life II. 94 The time of remedy, as well as of prevention, was now irremeably past. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.1569
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