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Definition of Impenetrableness
1. Noun. Incomprehensibility by virtue of being too dense to understand.
Definition of Impenetrableness
1. n. The quality of being impenetrable; impenetrability.
Definition of Impenetrableness
1. Noun. The quality of being impenetrable. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Impenetrableness
Literary usage of Impenetrableness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Expositor edited by Samuel Cox, William Robertson Nicoll, James Moffatt (1892)
"... types of idolatry, impenetrableness and obscurantism. In the next paper we
shall turn to the debatable ground between the Philistines and Israel—the ..."
2. George Eliot's Works by George Eliot (1893)
"... which seemed as strongly contrasted with the cold impenetrableness which he
preserved under the ordinary annoyances of business as with the bland ..."
3. The Contemporary Review (1868)
"As I have said, whatever be the impenetrableness of the distinction of right and
wrong in itself, the feelings, the impressions, ..."
4. The Historical Geography of the Holy Land: Especially in Relation to the by George Adam Smith (1897)
"... lies in having served as a foil to the genius of the Hebrews, and to-day his
name against theirs is the symbol of impenetrableness and obscurantism. ..."
5. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1833)
"... and thereafter exposes hid dripping garments to be stiffened bjt the frost
for the sake of their great« impenetrableness. Girt then il which, ..."
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