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immarcescible

/ɪmɑː(ɹ)ˈsɛsɪbəl/

immarcescible adjective: permanent, enduring; that does not perish.

Adjective

immarcescible (comparative more immarcescible, superlative most immarcescible)

  1. (rare) Permanent, enduring; that does not perish.
    • 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, “Hieros Gamos”, in Selected Poems, page 103

Antonyms of immarcescible

  • marcescible

Forms of immarcescible

comparativemore immarcescible
superlativemost immarcescible

Origin of immarcescible

From Middle French inmarcessible (1482), later immarcescible (“that does not shrivel" or "that does not perish”), from Latin immarcescibilis (“unfading”).

Words formed from immarcescible

Questions about immarcescible

What does immarcescible mean?
Immarcescible means permanent, enduring; that does not perish.
What part of speech is immarcescible?
Immarcescible is an adjective.
How do you pronounce immarcescible?
Immarcescible is pronounced /ɪmɑː(ɹ)ˈsɛsɪbəl/.

Words near immarcescible in the dictionary

  1. immarble
  2. immarbled
  3. immarbles
  4. immarbling
  5. immarcescibility
  6. immarcescible
  7. immarcescibly
  8. immarcessible
  9. immarginate
  10. immartial
  11. immasculate

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