past cure



past cure

Incurable or hopeless, especially of an illness that has a grim prognosis. We need to go see your grandmother tonight—the doctors believe that her condition is past cure.
See also: cure, past

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
FlÁVio-Portuguese
Faust[faust]
Marcelamahr-THE-lah (Spanish), mahr-SE-lah (Latin American Spanish), mahr-TSE-lah (Polish), mahr-CHE-lah (Romanian), MAHR-tse-lah (Czech)Spanish, Polish, Romanian, Czech
Preethi-Indian, Kannada, Tamil
Trendafilka-Macedonian
DÁLach-Irish