immarcescible

Etymology

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

Adjective

immarcescible (comparative more immarcescible, superlative most immarcescible)

1. (rare) Permanent, enduring; that does not perish.
   • 1989, Kathleen Raine, Selected Poems, "Hieros Gamos", p.103:

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

Etymology

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin immarcescibilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.maʁ.sɛ.sibl/

Adjective

immarcescible (plural immarcescibles)

1. immarcescible

   Synonym: inflétrissable

Further reading

• “immarcescible” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).