immarcescible
English
Etymology
From Middle French inmarcessible (1482), later immarcescible (“that does not shrivel" or "that does not perish”), from Latin immarcescibilis (“unfading”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪmɑː(ɹ)ˈsɛsɪbəl/
Adjective
immarcescible (comparative more immarcescible, superlative most immarcescible)
- (rare) Permanent, enduring; that does not perish.
- 1989, Kathleen Raine, Selected Poems, "Hieros Gamos", p.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?
- 1989, Kathleen Raine, Selected Poems, "Hieros Gamos", p.103:
Antonyms
- marcescible
Derived terms
- immarcescibility
- immarcescibly
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin immarcescibilis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /i.maʁ.sɛ.sibl/, /i.maʁ.se.sibl/
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Adjective
immarcescible (plural immarcescibles)
- immarcescible
- Synonym: inflétrissable
Further reading
- “immarcescible”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.