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inconsolable

Today it means: Not consolable; unable to be consoled or comforted, usually due to grief, disappointment, or other distress. Full definition →

Middle French inconsolable ← Latin inconsolabilis

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Latin · derived frominconsolabilis
Middle French · derived frominconsolable
English todayinconsolable

Middle French inconsolable, from Latin inconsolabilis; by surface analysis, in- + consolable, or, by surface analysis, in- + console + -able.

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