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Definition of impalpable adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

impalpable

adjective
 
/ɪmˈpælpəbl/
 
/ɪmˈpælpəbl/
(formal)
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  1. that cannot be felt physically
  2. very difficult to understand opposite palpable
    3. Word Originearly 16th cent.: from French, or from late Latin impalpabilis, from in- ‘not’ + palpabilis, from Latin palpare ‘feel, touch gently’.
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