IMPASSIBLE


Meaning of IMPASSIBLE in English

ə̇m, (ˈ)im+ adjective

Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French or Late Latin; Middle French, from Late Latin impassibilis, from Latin in- in- (I) + passibilis passible — more at passible

1.

a. : incapable of suffering or of experiencing pain

the Godhead is impassible , for where there is perfection and unity, there can be no suffering — Aldous Huxley

b. : incapable of being harmed : inaccessible to injury

as impassible as a ghost — Walker Percy

2. : incapable of feeling : impassive , unfeeling , cold

the murderer stood impassible gazing down at his victim

• im·pas·si·bly -əblē, -li adverb

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