unˈmedicinable, a.
[un-1 7 b, 5 b.]
1. Incurable.
| 1575 Gascoigne Glasse of Govt. v. iii, The misgovernment of a mans children..is unto the wysest mynde an unmedicinable wounde. 1624 Heywood Gunaik. iii. 160 To give date unto..thy violent and unmedicinable torture. |
b. Refusing medical treatment.
| c 1611 Chapman Iliad xvi. 24 But these [chiefs]..physicians can recure, Thou yet unmed'cinable still, though thy wound all endure. |
2. Incapable of effecting a cure.
| 1606 Chapman Gent. Usher iv. ii, Away with this unmedcinable balme Of worded breath. 1614 Latham Falconry 116 As it is a thing very medicinable,..being rightly giuen; so also, it is as vnmedicinable and hurtfull if..otherwise vsed. |