immarcescible

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/ɪmɑː(ɹ)ˈsɛsɪbəl/

adjective

Permanent, enduring; that does not perish.

Opposite
marcescible
OriginMiddle French inmarcessible ← Latin immarcescibilis →
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Meanings

adjectiveimmarcescible (comparative more immarcescible, superlative most immarcescible)

comparative more immarcescible · superlative most immarcescible

  1. rarePermanent, enduring; that does not perish.

    I did not think to see them once again, / For what could bring into an old woman's dream / Canova's immarcescible marble lovers?

    1989, Kathleen Raine, “Hieros Gamos”, in Selected Poems, page 103

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite
marcescible

Origin

  1. Latinimmarcescibilis“unfading”
  2. Middle Frenchinmarcessible
  3. Englishimmarcescible

From Middle French inmarcessible (1482), later immarcescible (“that does not shrivel" or "that does not perish”), from Latin immarcescibilis (“unfading”).

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APA

immarcescible. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/immarcescible

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “immarcescible,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/immarcescible.

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