impalpable
pronunciation
How to pronounce impalpable in British English:
UK [ɪmˈpælpəbl]
How to pronounce impalpable in American English:
US [ɪmˈpælpəbəl]
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- Adjective:
- incapable of being perceived by the senses especially the sense of touch
- imperceptible to the senses or the mind
- not perceptible to the touch
Word Origin
- impalpable (adj.)
- c. 1500, from French impalpable, from Medieval Latin impalpabilis, from assimilated form of in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + palpabilis (see palpable). Figurative use from 1774. Related: Impalpably; impalpability.
Example
- 1. I am an immaterial impalpable incarnation .
- 2. The commonplace is just that light , impalpable , aerial essence .
- 3. Impalpable darkness , horror , fear .
- 4. Impalpable ideas floating through his mind .
- 5. There is something more fundamental and more impalpable at work , too .