| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| incorrigible |
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| SYLLABICATION: | in·cor·ri·gi·ble |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   n-kôr -j -bl, -k r- |
| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Incapable of being corrected or reformed: an incorrigible criminal. 2. Firmly rooted; ineradicable: incorrigible faults. 3. Difficult or impossible to control or manage: an incorrigible, spoiled child. | | NOUN: | One that cannot be corrected or reformed. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, from Latin incorrigibilis : in-, not; see in–1 + corrigere, to correct; see correct. | | OTHER FORMS: | in·cor ri·gi·bili·ty, in·corri·gi·ble·ness —NOUN
in·corri·gi·bly —ADVERB
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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