English Dictionary: Impassible | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Impassible \Im*pas"si*ble\, a. [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. [bd]Impassible to the critic.[b8] --Sir W. Scott. Secure of death, I should contemn thy dart Though naked, and impassible depart. --Dryden. |