Ineffaceable

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Incapable of being effaced.

    "Mr. Disbrowe was reclining on a well-worn horsehair-covered sofa, his frequent reclinings on which piece of furniture had stamped a deep and quite ineffaceable impression of his weighty form upon the cushion."

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deathlessimmortalimperishableimpregnableincorruptibleindefinite

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"Mr. Disbrowe was reclining on a well-worn horsehair-covered sofa, his frequent reclinings on which piece of furniture had stamped a deep and quite ineffaceable impression of his weighty form upon the cushion."

Etymology

From in- + effaceable.

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