See Also: mossback(medicine)

irreformable (iou) and mossback (medicine)


irreformable (iou)



irreformable adjective. E17.
[from IR-2 + REFORMABLE. Sense 2 prob. after French irreformable.]
Unable to be reformed. E17.
Chiefly of papal dogma: incapable of revision or alteration. E19.
,irreforma'bility noun L19.

mossback (medicine)


mossback


A veteran partisan; one who is so conservative in opinion that he may be likened to a stone or old tree covered with moss.

Source: Websters Dictionary