imponderabilia
[ im-pon-der-uh-bil-ee-uh, -bil-yuh ]
plural noun
imponderables; things that cannot be precisely determined, measured, or evaluated: the imponderabilia surrounding human life.
Origin of imponderabilia
1First recorded in 1920–25; from New Latin, neuter plural of Medieval Latin imponderābilis imponderable
Words Nearby imponderabilia
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How to use imponderabilia in a sentence
The answer, as K. well knows, depends upon too many imponderabilia to be worth the cost of a cable.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I | Ian HamiltonTheir mistake—it was also Mr. Wilson's great mistake—was in their disregard of what Bismarck called the imponderabilia.
The Myth of a Guilty Nation | Albert Jay Nock
British Dictionary definitions for imponderabilia
imponderabilia
/ (ɪmˌpɒndərəˈbɪlɪə) /
pl n
imponderables
Origin of imponderabilia
1C20: New Latin
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