irreconcilable
adjective
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adj
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French irréconciliable, from Late Latin irreconciliābilis, from in- (“not”) + reconciliō (“to reconcile”) + -ābilis (“-able”). By surface analysis, ir- + reconcilable.
- Unable to be reconciled; opposed; uncompromising.
“[T]he fact that the peccant doctor [Sir James Clark, 1st Baronet] continued in the Queen's service made the Hastings family irreconcilable and produced an unpleasant impression of unrepentant error upon the public mind.”
- Incompatible, discrepant, contradictory.
“I amused myself by thinking that in his choice of books he showed pleasantly the irreconcilable sides of his fantastic nature.”
noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French irréconciliable, from Late Latin irreconciliābilis, from in- (“not”) + reconciliō (“to reconcile”) + -ābilis (“-able”). By surface analysis, ir- + reconcilable.
- Something that cannot be reconciled.