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Webster 1913 Edition


Impassible

Im-pas′si-ble

,
Adj.
[L.
impassibilis
; pref.
im-
not +
passibilis
passable: cf. F.
impassible
. See
Passible
.]
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
impassible
depart.
Dryden.

Definition 2024


impassible

impassible

English

Adjective

impassible (comparative more impassible, superlative most impassible)

  1. (chiefly theology) Unable to suffer, or feel pain.
  2. Unable to feel emotion; impassive.
  3. Incapable of suffering injury or detriment.
  4. Misspelling of impassable.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin impassibilis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛ̃pasibl/

Adjective

impassible m, f (plural impassibles)

  1. (theology) impassible
  2. impassive