# incorrigible
## English
### Etymology

From Middle English incorrigible, from Middle French incorrigible (1334), or directly from Latin incorrigibilis (“not to be corrected”), from in- (“not”) +‎ corrigere (“to correct”) +‎ -ibilis (“-able”), equivalent to in- +‎ corrigible. Recorded since 1340.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ɪnˈkɒɹɪdʒəb(ə)l/, /ɪnˈkɒɹɪdʒɪb(ə)l/
* (General American) IPA: /ɪnˈkɔɹɪd͡ʒəb(ə)l/, /ɪnˈkɔɹəd͡ʒəb(ə)l/
* Audio (General Australian):(file)
* Hyphenation: in‧cor‧ri‧gi‧ble

### Adjective

incorrigible (not comparable)
* Defective and impossible to materially correct or set aright.
    The construction flaw is incorrigible; any attempt to amend it would cause a complete collapse.
* Incurably depraved; not reformable.
    His dark soul was too incorrigible to repent, even at his execution.
* Impervious to correction by punishment or pain.
* Unmanageable.
** 2006 December 7, Michael White, “Breaking up is hard to do, even at the Treasury”, in The Guardian‎, London:Gordon Brown may have his grumpy, Granita moments, but as a strategist he is an incorrigible optimist.
* Determined, unalterable, hence impossible to improve upon.
    The laws of nature and mathematics are incorrigible.
* (archaic) Incurable.
** 1859, The British Journal of Psychiatry, volume 6, page 312:It may appear as an epidemic, as a hereditary complaint, or as an obstinate and incorrigible disease again and again recurring.

#### Synonyms

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* irredeemable
* irreparable
* uncorrectable

#### Antonyms

* corrigible

#### Derived terms

* incorrigibility
* incorrigibly

#### Related terms

* incorrect

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### Noun

incorrigible (plural incorrigibles)
* An incorrigibly bad individual.
    The incorrigibles in the prison population are either lifers or habitual reoffenders.

#### Translations
## French
### Etymology

Recorded since 1334 as Middle French incorrigible, from Latin incorrigibilis (“not to be corrected”). Morphologically, from in- +‎ corrigible.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɛ̃.kɔ.ʁi.ʒibl/

### Adjective

incorrigible (plural incorrigibles)
* incorrigible
    Synonyms: indécrottable, irrécupérable
    Antonyms: corrigible, corrigeable

#### Derived terms

* incorrigiblement

#### Related terms

* corriger

### Noun

incorrigible m (plural incorrigibles)
* an incorrigible

### Further reading

* “incorrigible”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Middle English
### Alternative forms

* incorigeble, incorrigibil, incorygibile, incorigibyll

### Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French incorrigible, from Latin incorrigibilis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /inˌkɔriˈdʒiːbəl/, /inˈkɔridʒibəl/

### Adjective

incorrigible (Late Middle English)
* insoluble, unmanageable
* irredeemable, not reformable

#### Descendants

* English: incorrigible

#### References

* “incorriǧī̆ble, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

## Middle French
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin incorrigibilis.

### Adjective

incorrigible m or f (plural incorrigibles)
* unpunished
    Pource que nous ne vouloiens mie que telz fais demourast incorrigibles […]Because we don't want such deeds to go unpunished

#### Descendants

* → Middle English: incorrigible, incorigeble, incorrigibil, incorygibile, incorigibyll
** English: incorrigible
* French: incorrigible

### References

* Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX$^e$ au XV$^e$ siècle (1881) (incorrigible)