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irreducible (adj.)
1530s, from assimilated form of
in-
(1) "not, opposite of" +
reducible
. Related:
Irreducibly
;
irreducibility
.
reducible (adj.)
mid-15c.; see
reduce
+
-ible
. Compare Old French
redusible
.