impacabilis

impacabilis [ML; cf. ME impaiable, OF paiable] 1 (of person) unappeasable, implacable. sicut fidelibus retributor erat magnificus, sic infidis erat ~is inimicus Ord. Vit. XI 2 p. 167; ecclesie Dei pauperumque oppressor ~is Ib. 44 p. 305; Anglis satis infestus et ~is [Plusc. VI 20 p. 13: implacabilis] effectus est inimicus Fordun Cont. VIII 6. 2 (of abstr.) unassuageable, implacable, irreconcilable: a (of disagreement or sim.); b (of hatred, wrath, or sim.); c (as sb. n.). a per discordiam ~em Anselm (Ep. 364) V 307. b acerbitatem quoque ~is eorum malivolentie admirati sunt Ord. Vit. XIII 26 p. 70; in homines ~i rabie seviebat Arthur & Gorlagon 155. c s1469 pax et omnium ~ium abolicio foris conceditur Croyl. Cont. C 552. 3 (of money) not to be given in payment, not legal tender; cf. ME paien < OF paiier < pacare. s1278 rex ‥ cambium fecit institui, ita ‥ quod [pro] qualibet libra monete ~is darentur xvj d. de incremento pro cambio, et perciperent unam libram bone monete non retonse Wykes 280.

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