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Webster 1913 Edition
Impenetrable
Im-pen′e-tra-ble
,Adj.
[L.
impenetrabilis
; pref. im-
not + penetrabilis
penetrable: cf. F. impénétrable
.] 1.
Incapable of being penetrated or pierced; not admitting the passage of other bodies; not to be entered; impervious;
as, an
. impenetrable
shieldHighest woods
To star or sunlight.
impenetrable
To star or sunlight.
Milton.
2.
(Physics)
Having the property of preventing any other substance from occupying the same space at the same time.
3.
Inaccessible, as to knowledge, reason, sympathy, etc.; unimpressible; not to be moved by arguments or motives;
as, an
. impenetrable
mind, or heartThey will be credulous in all affairs of life, but
impenetrable
by a sermon of the gospel. Jer. Taylor.
Webster 1828 Edition
Impenetrable
IMPEN'ETRABLE
,Adj.
1.
That cannot be penetrated or pierced; not admitting the passage of other bodies; as an impenetrable shield.2.
Not to be affected or moved; not admitting impressions on the mind. The hardened sinner remains impenetrable to the admonitions of the gospel.3.
Not to be entered by the sight; as impenetrable darkness. Hence,4.
Not to be entered and viewed by the eye of the intellect; as impenetrable obscurity or abstruseness.Definition 2024
impenetrable
impenetrable
See also: impénétrable
English
Adjective
impenetrable (not comparable)
- Not penetrable.
- The fortress is impenetrable, so it cannot be taken.
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- The avalanche spread and stopped, locking everything it carried into an icy cocoon. It was now a jagged, virtually impenetrable pile of ice, longer than a football field and nearly as wide.
- (figuratively) Incomprehensible; inscrutable.
- Business jargon makes this document impenetrable, I can't understand it.
Antonyms
Translations
not penetrable
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incomprehensible; inscrutable
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Spanish
Etymology
From Latin impenetrabilis.
Adjective
impenetrable m, f (plural impenetrables)
- impenetrable
- 1867, Cesare Cantù, Historia universal, 8, page 118:
- como una muralla impenetrable
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