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Webster 1913 Edition
Palpable
Pal′pa-ble
,Adj.
[F.
palpable
, L. palpabilis
, fr. palpare
to feel, stroke; cf. palpus
the soft palm of the hand.] 1.
Capable of being touched and felt; perceptible by the touch;
as, a
. palpable
formShak.
Darkness must overshadow all his bounds,
Palpable
darkness. Milton.
2.
Easily perceptible; plain; distinct; obvious; readily perceived and detected; gross;
“Three persons palpable.” as,
palpable
imposture; palpable
absurdity; palpable
errors. P. Plowman.
[Lies] gross as a mountain, open,
palpable
. Shakespeare
A hit, A very
– palpable
hit. Shakespeare
Pal′pa-ble-ness
, Noun.
Pal′pa-bly
, adv.
Webster 1828 Edition
Palpable
PAL'PABLE
,Adj.
1.
Perceptible by the touch; that may be felt; as a palpable substance; palpable darkness.2.
Gross; coarse; easily perceived and detected; as a palpable absurdity.3.
Plain; obvious; easily perceptible; as palpable phenomena; palpable proof.Definition 2024
palpable
palpable
English
Adjective
palpable (comparative more palpable, superlative most palpable)
- Capable of being touched, felt or handled; touchable, tangible.
- c. 1600, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, act 5, scene 2:
- Osric: A hit, a very palpable hit.
- 1838, Edgar Allan Poe, "Ligeia":
- I had felt that some palpable although invisible object had passed lightly by my person.
- 1894, Bret Harte, "The Heir of the McHulishes" in A Protegee of Jack Hamlin's and Other Stories:
- The next morning the fog had given way to a palpable, horizontally driving rain.
- c. 1600, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, act 5, scene 2:
- Obvious or easily perceived; noticeable.
- 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 5, in The Celebrity:
- Although the Celebrity was almost impervious to sarcasm, he was now beginning to exhibit visible signs of uneasiness, […] . It was with a palpable relief that he heard the first warning notes of the figure.
- 1913, Sax Rohmer, The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu chapter 24:
- Her voice, her palpable agitation, prepared us for something extraordinary.
- 1916, Kathleen Norris, The Heart of Rachael, chapter 7:
- No use in raging, in reasoning, in arguing. No use in setting forth the facts, the palpable right and wrong.
-
- (medicine) That can be detected by palpation.
Synonyms
- (capable of being touched): tangible, touchable
- (obvious or easily perceived): manifest, noticeable, patent
Translations
capable of being touched
obvious
that can be detected by palpation
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Middle French
Adjective
palpable m, f (plural palpables)
References
- “palpable” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).