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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

incorrigibilis

: cf. F.

incorrigible

. See

not, and

Not corrigible; incapable of being corrected or amended; bad beyond correction; irreclaimable;

as,

incorrigible

error

“Incorrigible fools.”

Dryden.

Noun.

One who is incorrigible; a person whose persistent bad behavior cannot be changed; especially, a hardened criminal;

as, the perpetual imprisonment of

incorrigibles

;

incorrigible

and disruptive children need to be placed in a separate classroom

Adj.

[L. corrigo; con and rego.]

That cannot be corrected or amended; bad beyond correction; as incorrigible error.

Too depraved to be corrected or reformed; as an incorrigible sinner; an incorrigible drunkard.