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English Dictionary: palpable	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for palpable
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
palpable adj capable of being perceived; especially capable of being handled or touched or felt; "a barely palpable dust"; "felt sudden anger in a palpable wave"; "the air was warm and close--palpable as cotton"; "a palpable lie" Synonym(s): palpable, tangible Antonym(s): impalpable can be felt by palpation; "a palpable tumor"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Palpable \Pal"pable\, a. [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* form. --Shak. Darkness must overshadow all his bounds, Palpable darkness. --Milton. 2. Easily perceptible; plain; distinct; obvious; readily perceived and detected; gross; as, palpable imposture; palpable absurdity; palpable errors. [bd]Three persons palpable.[b8] --P. Plowman. [Lies] gross as a mountain, open, palpable. --Shak. -- {Pal"pableness}, n. -- {Pal"pa*bly}, adv.