impacable en · ADJ
Etymology
From Latin im- (“not”) + pacare (“to quiet”). See pacate.
Meanings
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(obsolete) implacable (unable to be appeased)
But those two other, which beside them stoode, Were Britomart and gentle Scudamour; Who all the while beheld their wrathfull moode, And wondred at their impacable stoure, Whose like they never saw till that same houre
1590, Edmund Spenser, “(please specify the book)”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more impacable | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most impacable | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |