irremeable
/ɪˈɹɛm.i.ə.bəl/
irremeable means admitting no return, from which one cannot return.
irremeable is pronounced /ɪˈɹɛm.i.ə.bəl/.
Why “irremeable” is a great word
Describing a passage or condition from which there is no return. Borrowed from Latin irremeābilis, from in- ("not") + remeābilis ("returning"), from remeō ("to go back, return"), first attested in English 1560–70. Unlike "permeable," which concerns a barrier that may be traversed, or "reversible," which implies a journey can be retraced, "irremeable" speaks to a one-way voyage sealed behind the traveler. It is the final closing of a parent's eyes, the hatch of a submarine shutting with irrevocable finality, or the last train departing a platform swallowed by fog—each a threshold crossed with the quiet dread that the landscape of the possible has been forever altered.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin irremeābilis, from in- (“not”) + remeābilis (“returning”), from remeō. Compare French irréméable. See remeant.
adj
- Admitting no return, from which one cannot return.e.g.“an irremeable way”
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