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impassible |
1 definition found 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. ``Impassible to the critic.'' --Sir W. Scott. Secure of death, I should contemn thy dart Though naked, and impassible depart. --Dryden.
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