impassible
Americanadjective
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incapable of suffering pain.
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incapable of suffering harm.
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incapable of emotion; impassive.
adjective
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not susceptible to pain or injury
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impassive or unmoved
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of impassible
First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English word from Late Latin word impassībilis. See im- 2, passible
Example Sentences
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Can they, who say the Host should be descried By sense, define a body glorified, Impassible, and penetrating parts?
From Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 by Various
He came to the green ocean's brim And saw the wheeling sea-birds skim, Summer and winter, o'er the wave, Like creatures of a skiey mould, Impassible to heat or cold.
From Poems Household Edition by Emerson, Ralph Waldo
The third is called, The Impassible, because in it the author demonstrates that the divinity neither did nor could suffer; the same is the purport of his Demonstration by syllogisms.
From The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March by Butler, Alban
At the summit of Heaven, the Impassible Divinity occupies the highest seat; underneath, face to face, are the Son of God and the Prince of Darkness.
From The Temptation of St. Antony or A Revelation of the Soul by Flaubert, Gustave
Impassible in his seat, the hermit laborer remained sunk in meditation, or observed what took place around him.
From The Poniard's Hilt Or Karadeucq and Ronan. A Tale of Bagauders and Vagres by Sue, Eugène
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