impassible
pronunciation
How to pronounce impassible in British English:
UK [ɪm'pæsəbl]
How to pronounce impassible in American English:
US [ɪm'pæsəbəl]
Word Origin
- impassible (adj.)
- "incapable of feeling pain, exempt from suffering," mid-14c., from Old French impassible (13c.), from Church Latin impassibilis "incapable of passion," from assimilated form of in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + passibilis, from passio "suffering" (see passion). Related: Impassibility.
Example
- 1. Nothing is impassible before you try it .
- 2. He was impassible to criticism .
- 3. The explorers were confronted with gorges almost impassible .
- 4. The difficulty we do at once . The impassible takes a little loner .
- 5. Eliza sat cold , impassible , and assiduously industrious .