incorrigible

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

INCOR'RIGIBLE, adjective [Latin corrigo; con and rego.] 1. That cannot be corrected or amended; bad beyond correction; as incorrigible error. 2. Too depraved to be corrected or reformed; as an incorrigible sinner; an incorrigible drunkard.
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