Etymology

indelible

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Today it means: Having the quality of being difficult to delete, remove, wash away, blot out, or efface. Full definition →

Latin indēlēbilis
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromindēlēbilis“indestructible”
  2. English todayindelible

From Latin indēlēbilis (“indestructible”). By surface analysis, in- + delible.

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