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impenetrability

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im·pen·e·tra·bil·i·ty  (m-pn-tr-bl-t)
n.
1. The quality or condition of being impenetrable.
2. The inability of two bodies to occupy the same space at the same time.
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Noun1.impenetrability - the quality of being impenetrable (by people or light or missiles etc.)
imperviousness
quality - an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare
penetrability, perviousness - the quality of being penetrable (by people or light or missiles etc.)
2.impenetrability - incomprehensibility by virtue of being too dense to understand
impenetrableness
incomprehensibility - the quality of being incomprehensible
Translations
impenetrability [ɪmˌpenɪtrəˈbɪlɪtɪ] N → impenetrabilidad f
impenetrability
n → Undurchdringlichkeit f; (of fortress) → Uneinnehmbarkeit f; (of enemy lines) → Undurchlässigkeit f; (of mind, character, mystery) → Unergründlichkeit f; (of theory) → Undurchschaubarkeit f, → Undurchsichtigkeit f


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It was with an agitated, burning heart and brain that I hurried homewards, regardless of that scorching noonday sun - forgetful of everything but her I had just left - regretting nothing but her impenetrability, and my own precipitancy and want of tact - fearing nothing but her hateful resolution, and my inability to overcome it - hoping nothing - but halt, - I will not bore you with my conflicting hopes and fears - my serious cogitations and resolves.
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Bronte, Anne View in context
"I will put her to some test," thought I: "such absolute impenetrability is past comprehension.
Jane Eyre by Bronte, Charlotte View in context
She took her hands from the desk; folded them in her lap; and sat looking towards the fire, with the impenetrability of an old Egyptian sculpture.
Little Dorrit by Dickens, Charles View in context
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