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Irreconcilable

adj, noun, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Unable to be reconciled; opposed; uncompromising.

    "[T]he fact that the peccant doctor [Sir James Clark, 1st Baronet] continued in the Queen's service made the Hastings family irreconcilable and produced an unpleasant impression of unrepentant error upon the public mind."

  2. 2
    Incompatible, discrepant, contradictory.

    "I amused myself by thinking that in his choice of books he showed pleasantly the irreconcilable sides of his fantastic nature."

Adjective
  1. 1
    impossible to reconcile wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    Something that cannot be reconciled.
  2. 2
    A Confederate who moved to another country following the American Civil War, rather than live in a reunited United States. US, dated, slang
  3. 3
    A vociferous opponent of the Treaty of Versailles. US, dated, slang

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle French irréconciliable, from Late Latin irreconciliābilis, from in- (“not”) + reconciliō (“I reconcile”) + -ābilis (“-able”). By surface analysis, ir- + reconcilable.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Middle French irréconciliable, from Late Latin irreconciliābilis, from in- (“not”) + reconciliō (“I reconcile”) + -ābilis (“-able”). By surface analysis, ir- + reconcilable.

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