Middle English Dictionary Entry
incorriǧī̆ble adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | incorriǧī̆ble adj. Also incorigeble. |
| Etymology | L & OF |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Incurable, irreparable; of expenditure: extravagant; of malice: implacable; (b) of persons: beyond rebuke or discipline, incapable of improvement.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)51b/a : Perpetuale and incorrigible [*Ch.(2): vnable to be holpen; L incorrigibilis] vnpower of þe membre..if priuacioun of mouyng & felyng & properly of þe worchyng of hem.
- (1435) Misyn FL (Corp-O 236)89/24 : Venum of neddyrs, þat is schrewdnes killand, to þam is dedely drynk & vnabyl to be helyd, for þer males is incorigibyll.
- a1500(c1340) Rolle Psalter (UC 64)13.5 : Venome of snakis, that is, incorygibile malice, vndire the lippes of thaim, that is, in thair hert.
- a1500(a1475) Ashby Dicta (Cmb Mm.4.42)214 : If ye make of tresour aggregacion..To your estate & nominacion, But thexpense therof be incorrigible..loste is the treasour.
b
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)4.940 : Tirauntes þat been incorrigible..Thouhte ther poweer was verray inuyncible.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)6.401 : Thou causest men to been obstynat In ther corages & incorrigible, Wilful, froward.
- c1450 Capgr.Rome (Bod 423)164 : He [Nero] was cursed and incorrigibil.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)6.233 : Segeberte..beynge as incorrigible, was expulsede from the realme.
- a1500 Lamb.Mir.Virg.(Lamb 432)320/4 : He was hardennyd and evill incorigeble.
- a1500 3rd Fran.Rule (Seton)54/33 : Yf eny of theme [members] of a monastic order] be incorrigible aftyr thryes warnyng, the ministers muste denounce theme.