immuable

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Etymology[edit]

After Latin immutābilis (compare immutable) with influence of Old French muable (subject to change).

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immuable (plural immuables)

  1. Which hardly ever changes; unchanging
  2. Incapable, by its very nature, of changing; immutable, fixed
    • 1838, Frédéric Mercey, Le salon de 1838:
      On a long-temps disputé du beau. Les uns l’ont vu dans telles ou telles formes, et l’ont proclamé variable; les autres ne l’ont vu que dans une certaine forme déjà trouvée, et l’ont déclaré immuable.
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    • 1841, Cicero, Du Destin, translator unknown,
      Toute la différence, c’est que l’on voit clairement que le passé est immuable.
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  3. (rare) Said of someone that remains true to themselves

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