inexpiable en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English expiable English inexpiable From in- + expiable.
Meanings
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That cannot be expiated or atoned for; unforgivable.
[…] the only son of that disgraced and blood-stained nobleman, who, lying in gaol, under sentence of death for a foul and cowardly murder, swallowed poison, and so closed his guilty life with a tremendous crime, in its nature inexpiable.
1863, J[oseph] Sheridan Le Fanu, “How an Evening Passes at the Elms, and Dr. Toole Makes a Little Excursion; and Two Choice Spirits Discourse, and Hebe Trips In with the Nectar”, in The House by the Church-yard. […], volume II, London: Tinsley, Brothers, […], →OCLC, page 277:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most inexpiable | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more inexpiable | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |