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impassibility

[im-pas-uh-buhl]

im·pas·si·ble

[im-pas-uh-buhl]
adjective
1.
incapable of suffering pain.
2.
incapable of suffering harm.
3.
incapable of emotion; impassive.

Origin:
1300–50; Middle English < Late Latin impassībilis. See im-2, passible

im·pas·si·bil·i·ty, im·pas·si·ble·ness, noun
im·pas·si·bly, adverb
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impassible (ɪmˈpæsəbəl)
 
adj
1.  not susceptible to pain or injury
2.  impassive or unmoved
 
impassi'bility
 
n
 
im'passibleness
 
n
 
im'passibly
 
adv

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