Middle English Dictionary Entry
irreparāble adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | irreparāble adj. Also irreperable, (error) irrepaple. |
| Etymology | L irreparābilis & OF irreparable. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
That cannot be remedied or rectified.
Associated quotations
- (1425) RParl.4.277a : Cosideryng the full, grete, and irreparable inconveniencis yat myghte ensue to to grete harme and prejudice of ye Kyng.
- (1433) Proc.Privy C.4.148 : The K. prayeth his said uncle to considere..þe irreparable harmes þat ofte hapne..in tyme of þe werre.
- (1449) RParl.5.148a : The shamefull losse..shuld..be to the irreparable hurt of the commyn profite.
- a1450(1412) Hoccl.RP (Hrl 4866)2082 : Deth, by thi deth, hath harme irreparable Vnto vs doon.
- (1474) Let.Christ Ch.in RS 85.3284 : What..irrepaple [read: irreparable] damages may enswe!
- c1475(1459) Pros.Yorkists in EHR 26 (Roy 17.D.15)517 : No..mann cann it ascribe to eny other propos but to the..irreparable subversyoun of all his tru lovers.
- c1480(1451) Let.Phil.Burgundy (Add 48031)141 : The grete and irreperable harmys, wronges, and hurtes that have bene done .. shal nat with the grace of God be unknowen to all the worlde.