INCORRIGIBLE

a. n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

Not corrigible; incapable of being corrected or amended; bad beyond correction; irreclaimable; as, incorrigible error. "Incorrigible fools." Dryden.

2.
n.

One who is corrigible; especially, a hardened criminal; as, the perpetual imprisonment of incorrigibles.