impenitent
One who is not penitentOne who is not penitent.
Meaning
1 sensesOne who is not penitent.
Origin
The adjective is derived from Late Middle English impenitent (“not penitent, unrepentant”)The adjective is derived from Late Middle English impenitent (“not penitent, unrepentant”), from Latin impaenitentem, the accusative feminine or masculine singular of impaenitēns (“unrepentant”), from im- (a variant of in- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + paenitēns (“contrite, penitent, regretting, repenting”) (the present active participle of paeniteō (“to be sorry, regret; to cause to repent; to repent”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₁- (“to hate; to hurt”)). By surface analysis, im- + penitent.
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Forms
plural: impenitents| Singular | impenitent |
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See also
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