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incastigabilis

incastigabilis , a (of person or animal) that cannot be corrected, incorrigible. b (of emotion) that cannot be controlled. a Secundus philosophus describit feminam quod est ~is bestia, continuum dampnum, humana confusio, indeficiens pugna, vas preciosum, et animal pessimum Wycl. Mand. Div. 445 (cf. Leg. Ant. Lond. app. 185: quid est mulier? hominis confusio, insaturabilis bestia, continua solicitudo ‥); 1410 sic quod nullus ‥ decetero inparcabit nec inparcari faciet aliquas bestias hominum et tenencium ville de Herleston’ [Northants] predicta intrantes in separales terras predictas, nisi solummodo fuerit nimis rudis et ~is bestia que fregerit dictam clausuram (Indent.) EHR XXXVII 410.  b mulieris faciem dolor ~is occupaverat, dehonestaverat tumor horribilis Ben. Pet. Mir. Thom. II 18 (cf. ib. III 26: adeo se tumor egit distincte et incastigabiliter excrevit ut sedentis uterus pene protenderetur ad genua).

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