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irradicable, a. rare.|ɪˈrædɪkəb(ə)l|
[f. ir-2 + L. rādīcāre to take root, to root (taken as if = ‘to root out, uproot’) + -able: cf. eradicable.]
That cannot be rooted out; = ineradicable.
1728Morgan Algiers I. Pref. 2 So deep is that irradicable Inveteracy ingrafted in my Mind. 1795Hist. in Ann. Reg. 66 For which they would always be suspected to retain an irradicable predilection. 1846Pusey Serm. in Mozley Ess. (1878) II. 160 Guilt is fastened on its feelings, as if it were irradicable and eternal. |