impalpable
adjective
not palpable; incapable of being perceived by the sense of touch; intangible.
impalpability
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a word derived from
impalpable.
Example Sentences
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In his new show at the Reese Palley Gallery, his work, which once was austere almost to the point of impalpability, has taken on a peculiar density and resonance.
From Time Magazine Archive
The spirit finds Dante alive in the flesh and he in turn on account of the impalpability of the shade clasps only empty air.
From Dante: "The Central Man of All the World" A Course of Lectures Delivered Before the Student Body of the New York State College for Teachers, Albany, 1919, 1920 by John T. (John Theodore) Slattery
Above those closed eyelids, where vision has taken the place of sight, a sepulchral disintegration of outlines and appearances dilates itself into impalpability.
From The Man Who Laughs by Victor Hugo
Perhaps one day, between them, they would break down the barrier, the strength of which seemed to lie in its very flimsiness, its impalpability.
From All Roads Lead to Calvary by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
But, even through evidence afforded by themselves against themselves, it is easy to convict these à priori reasoners of the grossest unreason—it is easy to show the futility—the impalpability of their axioms in general.
From Eureka: A Prose Poem by Edgar A. Poe
