implacable

adj
/ɪmˈplækəb(ə)l/UK/ɪmˈplækəbəl/US

Etymology

From Middle English implācāble (“immitigable, unappeasable”) from Old French implacable (“harsh, unrelenting; implacable”) (modern French implacable), from Latin implācābilis (“unappeasable, implacable; irreconcilable”), from im- (variant of in- (prefix meaning ‘not’)) + plācābilis (“placable; appeasing, moderating, pacifying, propitiating; acceptable”) (from plācō (“to assuage, pacify, placate; to appease; to reconcile”) + -bilis (suffix forming adjectives indicating a capacity or worth of being acted upon)).

  1. derived from implācābilis
  2. derived from implacable
  3. inherited from implācāble

Definitions

  1. Not able to be placated or appeased.

  2. Impossible to prevent or stop

    Impossible to prevent or stop; inexorable, unrelenting, unstoppable.

    • The battleships Washington and South Dakota pushed through the sea with an implacable ease.
  3. Adamant

    Adamant; immovable.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for implacable. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA