immedicable

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That his syllables are of ivory I feel, and improvised, but his themes are pluralistic, the immedicable and colossal ennui of life the chiefest.

From Ivory Apes and Peacocks by Huneker, James

It was the fierce outcry of a man in torment, the immedicable torment of an injured pride.

From Masterman and Son by Dawson, W. J. (William James)

But the wounds were immedicable, as events were soon to prove.

From William Lloyd Garrison The Abolitionist by Grimké, Archibald Henry

As man recedes from one hastener of destruction, he inevitably approaches another: "Gross riot treasures up a wealthy fund Of plagues, but more immedicable ills Attend the lean extreme."

From The Bushman — Life in a New Country by Landor, Edward Wilson

It keeps up a perpetual fever in my veins; it frets my immedicable wound; it is instinct with poison.

From The Last Man by Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft