inexpiate
English
Etymology
From Latin inexpiātus. See in- (“not”) + expiate.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪnˈɛkspiət/
Adjective
inexpiate (comparative more inexpiate, superlative most inexpiate)
- (obsolete, poetic) Not appeased or placated.
- Synonym: inexpiated
- [1611?], Homer, “(please specify |book=I to XXIV)”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., The Iliads of Homer Prince of Poets. […], London: […] Nathaniell Butter, →OCLC; republished as The Iliads of Homer, Prince of Poets, […], new edition, volume (please specify the book number), London: Charles Knight and Co., […], 1843, →OCLC:
- To rest inexpiate were much too rude a part.
References
- “inexpiate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.