inexecrable

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/ɪnˈɛk.sɪ.kɹə.bəl/

adjective

That cannot be execrated enough.

OriginEnglish execrable ← Middle English in- ← Latin in- →
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Meanings

adjectiveinexecrable (comparative more inexecrable, superlative most inexecrable)

comparative more inexecrable · superlative most inexecrable

  1. obsoleteThat cannot be execrated enough.

    O be thou damn'd, inexecrable dogge.

    c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥-
  4. Latinin-
  5. Middle Englishin-
  6. Englishin-
  7. Englishexecrable
  8. Englishinexecrable

From in- + execrable.

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APA

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

MLA

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Chicago

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

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