ineffaceable

[ in-i-fey-suh-buh l ]

/ ˌɪn ɪˈfeɪ sə bəl /

not effaceable or eradicable; indelible: an ineffaceable impression.

Origin of ineffaceable

First recorded in 1795–1805; in-³ + effaceable

in·ef·face·a·bil·i·ty, noun in·ef·face·a·bly, adverb

Often do I think of a saying of yours more than thirty years back, which struck me ineffaceably at the time.

The Real Gladstone |J. Ewing Ritchie
In my weakness I was stained, ineffaceably; I admit it—but you, in your strength, have you not preyed upon weak women?

Rose of Dutcher's Coolly |Hamlin Garland
Ned noted all these things rapidly and ineffaceably, as he and Crockett took a swift but complete survey of their fortress.

The Texan Scouts |Joseph A. Altsheler
He knew that, guilty or innocent, a man once suspected is as ineffaceably branded as the shoulder of a galley-slave.

File No. 113 |Emile Gaboriau

Many years had elapsed and Alfred surmised the uncle had forgotten events that were ineffaceably impressed upon his own memory.

Watch Yourself Go By |Al. G. Field

ineffaceable

/ (ˌɪnɪˈfeɪsəbəl) /

incapable of being effaced; indelible

ineffaceability, noun ineffaceably, adverb