Today's Word "implacable"
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implacable \im-PLAK-uh-bull\ (adjective) - Not placable; not to be appeased; incapable of being pacified; inexorable; as, an implacable foe.
'It is the truth. Truth is implacable. But the nature and meaning of this truth is not.' -- John Fowles, 'The Magus'
Implacable ultimately comes from Latin implacabilis, from in-, not + placabilis, placable, from placo, placare, to soothe, calm, appease.
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