IMPENETRABLE


Meaning of IMPENETRABLE in English

(ˈ)im, əm+ adjective

Etymology: Middle English impenetrabel, from Middle French impenetrable, from Latin impenetrabilis, from in- in- (I) + penetrabilis penetrable — more at penetrable

1.

a. : incapable of being penetrated or pierced : not admitting the passage of other bodies : not to be entered : impervious

an impenetrable shield

an impenetrable forest

an impenetrable barrier

b. : inaccessible to knowledge, reason, sympathy : not to be moved by logic or other method of persuasion : unimpressible

an impenetrable heart

an impenetrable stupidity

c. : incapable of being dealt with in a way that brings a usually warm, cordial, or unguarded response

an impenetrable reserve

an impenetrable gloom

2. : incapable of being comprehended : inscrutable , unfathomable

an impenetrable mystery

a child speaking in an impenetrable language of its own

3. : having the property of impenetrability

impenetrable matter

• im·penetrableness “+ noun

• im·penetrably “+ adverb

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.