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Definition of Impassible
1. a. Incapable of suffering; inaccessible to harm or pain; not to be touched or moved to passion or sympathy; unfeeling, or not showing feeling; without sensation.
Definition of Impassible
1. Adjective. (chiefly theology) Unable to suffer, or feel pain. ¹
2. Adjective. Unable to feel emotion; impassive. ¹
3. Adjective. Incapable of suffering injury or detriment. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Impassible
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Impassible
| impartible impartibly imparting impartment impartments imparts |
Literary usage of Impassible
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cyclopedic Review of Current History by Alfred Sidney Johnson, Clarence A. Bickford, William W. Hudson, Nathan Haskell Dole (1902)
"One reason assigned for delay was the impassible roads, out it is believed that
the continued military occupation of the capital by the allies is the true ..."
2. The Atheist Confuted: With An Essay on Eternity ; and Advantageous Thoughts by Rev Woodward, Woodard (1806)
"... it is of so great a contradiction to feet th'e former ; as being a divine ray,
which is altogether impassible with respect to such sufferings: however I ..."
3. Andrée's Balloon Expedition in Search of the North Pole by Henri Lachambre, Alexis Machuron (1898)
"the three heroes, standing admirably cool and calm. Andree is always calm, cold
and impassible ; ON THE DECK OF THE ..."
4. Red-men's Roads: The Indian Thoroughfares of the Central West by Archer Butler Hulbert (1900)
"... An almost impassible portion of the Muskingum trail ascending" a wooded hillside
south of New Philadelphia, Ohio. On the lower (left hand) side a three ..."
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