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imponderabilia

[im-pon-der-uh-bil-ee-uh, -bil-yuh]
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plural noun
  1. imponderables: the imponderabilia surrounding human life.

Origin of imponderabilia

1920–25; < New Latin, neuter plural of Medieval Latin imponderābilis imponderable
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Examples from the Web for imponderabilia

Historical Examples

  • Their mistake—it was also Mr. Wilson's great mistake—was in their disregard of what Bismarck called the imponderabilia.

    The Myth of a Guilty Nation

    Albert Jay Nock

British Dictionary definitions for imponderabilia

imponderabilia

pl n
  1. imponderables

Word Origin

C20: New Latin
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