English Explanatory Dictionary

impalpability

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The quality of being impalpable; intangibility.
  2. Physical imperceptibility; incapability of being sensed by the tactual faculties.
  3. Ungraspability by or inapprehensibility to the mind.

Pronunciation

ĭmpălpəbĭʹlĭtĭ /ɪmpælpəˈbɪlɪtɪ/

Word forms

impalpability impalpabilities

Etymology

Formed as impalpable + -ity; compare the French impalpabilité.

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