imprescriptible
pronunciation
How to pronounce imprescriptible in British English:
UK [ˌɪmprɪ'skrɪptɪbl]
How to pronounce imprescriptible in American English:
US [ˌɪmprɪ'skrɪptəbəl]
Word Origin
- imprescriptible (adj.)
- "inalienable, not subject to prescription," 1560s, French imprescriptible (16c.) or a native formation from assimilated form of in- (1) "not, opposite of" + Latin praescriptus, past participle of praescribere "to write beforehand" (see prescribe). Usually with right. Alternative imprescribable is attested from 1887.