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indelible adjective [ ɪnˈdɛlɪb(ə)l ]

• (of ink or a pen) making marks that cannot be removed.
• "an indelible marker pen"
Similar: ineradicable, inerasable, ineffaceable, unexpungeable, indestructible, permanent, lasting, persisting, enduring, stubborn, ingrained, unfading, imperishable, unforgettable, haunting, memorable, not/never to be forgotten,
Opposite: erasable,
Origin: late 15th century (as indeleble ): from French, or from Latin indelebilis, from in- ‘not’ + delebilis (from delere ‘efface, delete’). The ending was altered under the influence of -ible.


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