Implacable


[im-plak-uh-buh l, -pley-kuh-] /ɪmˈplæk ə bəl, -ˈpleɪ kə-/

adjective
1.
not to be appeased, mollified, or pacified; inexorable:
an implacable enemy.
/ɪmˈplækəbəl/
adjective
1.
incapable of being placated or pacified; unappeasable
2.
inflexible; intractable
adjective

unable to be appeased; irreconcilable
Word Origin

Latin im- + placare ‘to appease’
adj.

early 15c., from Old French implacable, from Latin implacabilis “unappeasable,” from assimilated form of in- “not, opposite of” (see in- (1)) + placabilis “easily appeased” (see placate). Related: Implacably.

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