IMPENETRABLE


Meaning of IMPENETRABLE in English

— impenetrableness , n. — impenetrably , adv.

/im pen"i treuh beuhl/ , adj.

1. not penetrable; that cannot be penetrated, pierced, entered, etc.

2. inaccessible to ideas, influences, etc.

3. incapable of being understood; inscrutable; unfathomable: an impenetrable mystery.

4. Physics. possessing impenetrability.

[ 1425-75; late ME impenetrabel impenetrabilis. See IM- 2 , PENETRABLE ]

Syn. 3. incomprehensible, mysterious, obscure, hidden.

Ant. 3. clear, lucid.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .