Hypertext Webster Gateway: "incorrigible"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Incorrigible \In*cor"ri*gi*ble\, a. [L. incorrigibilis: cf. F.
incorrigible. See {In-} not, and {Corrigible}.]
Not corrigible; incapable of being corrected or amended; bad
beyond correction; irreclaimable; as, incorrigible error.
``Incorrigible fools.'' --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Incorrigible \In*cor"ri*gi*ble\, n.
One who is corrigible; especially, a hardened criminal; as,
the perpetual imprisonment of incorrigibles.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
incorrigible
adj : impervious to correction by punishment [ant: {corrigible}]
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