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Invisibilities

[in-viz-uh-buhl] Origin

in·vis·i·ble

[in-viz-uh-buhl]
adjective
1.
not visible; not perceptible by the eye: invisible fluid.
2.
withdrawn from or out of sight; hidden: an invisible seam.
3.
not perceptible or discernible by the mind: invisible differences.
4.
not ordinarily found in financial statements or reflected in statistics or a listing: Goodwill is an invisible asset to a business.
5.
concealed from public knowledge.
noun
6.
an invisible thing or being.
7.
the invisible, the unseen or spiritual world.

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Invisibilities is always a great word to know.
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.

Origin:
1300–50; Middle English < Latin invīsibilis. See in-3, visible

in·vis·i·bil·i·ty, in·vis·i·ble·ness, noun
in·vis·i·bly, adverb
qua·si-in·vis·i·ble, adjective
qua·si-in·vis·i·b·ly, adverb


2. veiled, obscure.

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invisible
1340, from O.Fr. invisible (13c.), from L. invisibilis "unseen, invisible," from in- "not" + visibilis (see visible).
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