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Webster 1913 Edition
Impassible
Im-pas′si-ble
,Adj.
Incapable of suffering; inaccessible to harm or pain; not to be touched or moved to passion or sympathy; unfeeling, or not showing feeling; without sensation.
“Impassible to the critic.” Sir W. Scott.
Secure of death, I should contemn thy dart
Though naked, and
Though naked, and
impassible
depart. Dryden.
Definition 2024
impassible
impassible
English
Adjective
impassible (comparative more impassible, superlative most impassible)
- (chiefly theology) Unable to suffer, or feel pain.
- Unable to feel emotion; impassive.
- Incapable of suffering injury or detriment.
- Misspelling of impassable.
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin impassibilis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛ̃pasibl/
Adjective
impassible m, f (plural impassibles)