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ignoscible

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English

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Etymology

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From Latin ignoscibilis, from ignoscere (to pardon; literally, not to wish to know), from in- (not) + gnoscere, noscere (to learn to know).

Adjective

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ignoscible (comparative more ignoscible, superlative most ignoscible)

  1. (obsolete, rare) pardonable
    • 1900, Landis Ayr, A Priest and a Woman:
      The waves seemed to have closed over the Umbar episode, perhaps owing to his own ignoscible treatment of the subject and the absconding rogues.