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irreconcilable

adj

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French irréconciliable, from Late Latin irreconciliābilis, from in- (“not”) + reconciliō (“to reconcile”) + -ābilis (“-able”). By surface analysis, ir- + reconcilable.

  1. derived from irreconciliābilis
  2. borrowed from irréconciliable

Definitions

  1. Unable to be reconciled

    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.

  2. Incompatible, discrepant, contradictory.

    • I amused myself by thinking that in his choice of books he showed pleasantly the irreconcilable sides of his fantastic nature.

  3. Something that cannot be reconciled.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. A Confederate who moved to another country following the American Civil War, rather than…

      A Confederate who moved to another country following the American Civil War, rather than live in a reunited United States.

    2. A vociferous opponent of the Treaty of Versailles.

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Derived

irreconcilability, irreconcilable differences, irreconcilableness, irreconcilably

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at irreconcilable. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at irreconcilable. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at irreconcilable

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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