Impalpable Definition

ĭm-pălpə-bəl
adjective
That cannot be felt by touching.
Webster's New World
Not perceptible to the touch; intangible.
American Heritage
Too slight or subtle to be grasped easily by the mind.
Webster's New World
The definition of impalpable is something that cannot be understood easily, or something that can't be physically touched.
The meaning of life is something that would be described as impalpable.
A spirit is an example of something that would be described as impalpable.
YourDictionary
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
Advertisement

Origin of Impalpable

  • From Middle French impalpable, from Medieval Latin impalpabilis. See im- +‎ palpable.

    From Wiktionary

Impalpable Sentence Examples

  • Little things, almost impalpable, had happened to justify that doubt.

  • The soul was conceived to be a facsimile of the body, sometimes no less material, sometimes more subtle but yet material, sometimes altogether impalpable and intangible.

  • Defoe possessed genius, and his secret is at the last as impalpable as the secret of genius always is.

  • The word "alcohol" is of Arabic origin, being derived from the particle al and the word kohl, an impalpable powder used in the East for painting the eyebrows.

  • Then the " hamattan," or hot, dry wind from the Sahara, begins and brings with it clouds of impalpable dust.

More Sentences

Related Articles

Find Similar Words

Find similar words to impalpable using the buttons below.

Words Starting With

IIMIMP

Words Ending With

ELEBLE

Unscrambles

impalpable

Words Starting With I and Ending With E

Starts With I & Ends With EStarts With IM & Ends With EStarts With I & Ends With LE

Word Length

10 Letter Words10 Letter Words Starting With I10 Letter Words Ending With E
Advertisement