Indelible
/ɪnˈdɛləbl/ adj
adj ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Having the quality of being difficult to delete, remove, wash away, blot out, or efface.
"This ink spot on the contract is indelible."
- 2 Incapable of being canceled, lost, or forgotten. figuratively
"That horrible story just might make an indelible impression on the memory."
- 3 Incapable of being annulled.
"November 7, 1678, Thomas Sprat, a sermon preached at the Anniversary Meeting of the Sons of Clergymen in the Church of St Mary-le-Bow They are […] endued with indelible power from above."
Adjective
- 1 cannot be removed or erased wordnet
Example
More examples"Will you please use indelible ink so the phrase won't rub out?"
Etymology
From Latin indelebilis (“indestructible”).