impalpable
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impalpable
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From Middle French impalpable, from Medieval Latin impalpabilis. See im- + palpable.
adjective more impalpable · most impalpable
- Incapable of being touched or felt; incorporeal, intangible. But here thou canst not handle aught, neither make the folk ware of thee, not though thou shout thy throat hoarse. For thou and I walk here impalpable and invisible, as it were two dreams walking.
- Not able to be perceived, or able to be perceived only with difficulty; insubstantial, thin. On the benches lay figures covered with yellow linen, on which a fine and impalpable dust had gathered in the course of ages, but nothing like to the extent that one would have anticipated, for in these deep-hewn caves there is no material to turn to dust.
- Not easily grasped (mentally) or understood. What is happiness, anyhow? Is this one of its hours, or the like of it?—so impalpable—a mere breath, an evanescent tinge?
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adj not perceivable
| Español | impalpable |
|---|---|
| Français | impalpable |
| Deutsch | ungreifbar |
| Italiano | impalpabile |
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