| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | ir·rad·i·ca·ble |
| PRONUNCIATION: | -r d -k -b l |
| ADJECTIVE: | Impossible to uproot or destroy; ineradicable: irradicable weeds; irradicable prejudices. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Medieval Latin irr d c bilis : Latin in-, not; see in1 + Latin r d x, r d c-, root; see eradicate. | | OTHER FORMS: | ir·rad i·ca·bly ADVERB
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