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impassible

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im·pas·si·ble  (m-ps-bl)
adj.
1. Not subject to suffering, pain, or harm.
2. Unfeeling; impassive.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin impassibilis : in-, not; see in-1 + passibilis, passible; see passible.]

im·passi·bili·ty, im·passi·ble·ness n.
im·passi·bly adv.

impassible [ɪmˈpæsəbəl]
adj Rare
1. not susceptible to pain or injury
2. impassive or unmoved
impassibility , impassibleness n
impassibly  adv


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Ferguson, still cold and impassible, talked of this, that, and the other; but he strove in vain to overcome this infectious gloominess.
Raoul, impassible, and a little disengaged by the attention of his hosts, looked from his place through the open window at the gardens and the statues which peopled them.
The officer looked askance at the impassible figure of his companion, and grew pale: he was an honest man as well as a brave one.
 
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