imprescriptible

英 [,ɪmprɪ'skrɪptɪb(ə)l] 美
  • adj. 不受法令约束或支配的;不可剥夺的,不可侵犯的

英文词源


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.

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