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impassible, a.|ɪmˈpæsɪb(ə)l|
Erron. 6 -abyll, 7–9 -able.
[a. F. impassible (13–14th c. in Hatz.-Darm.), or ad. eccl. L. impassibilis, f. im- (im-2) + passibilis passible.]
1. Incapable of suffering or pain; not subject to suffering. (Chiefly Theol.)
a1340Hampole Psalter lxxi. 5 He is in generations in passybles, that ar of generations passiblis. 1502Ord. Crysten Men (W. de W.) i. vii. H iv (Stanf.), They shall be Immortall and Impassyble. 1534More Comf. agst. Trib. iii. xxvi. (1573) 207 Tel him, that his body shalbe impassible, & neuer feele harme. 1667Decay Chr. Piety Pref. A vj, That impassible state, where all tears shall be wiped from our eyes. 1782Priestley Corrupt. Chr. I. i. 26 Cerinthus..taught..that the Christ was impassible. 1871Alabaster Wheel of Law 108 An impassible, insensible, immovable spirit.
2. Incapable of suffering injury or detriment.
1491Caxton Vitas Patr. ii. (W. de W. 1495) 220 b/2 The hauen of saluacyon Impassyble; that is to saye to the blysse that euer shall last without ende. 1624Gataker Transubst. 27 Christs body if it were broken and divided, would bee spoiled..but that it is impossible, because it is impassible. 1678Cudworth Intell. Syst. i. v. 813 The Angelical Body, is so devoid of gross Matter, that it can pass through any Solid thing..being..more Impassible, than the Sunbeams. 1760–72H. Brooke Fool of Qual. (1809) II. 32 Virtue that I deemed to be impassible, unassailable. 1839Bailey Festus v. (1852) 60 Impassible as air, one great And indestructible substance as the sea.
3. Incapable of feeling or emotion; impassive, insensible, unimpressible.
1592Bacon Confer. Pleas. (1870) 5 If a man could make himself impassible of pleasure, he should make himself at one labor impassible of pain. 1690Norris Beatitudes (1694) I. 46 Some Men of Rocky Hearts, and impassible Tempers, that could stand by, and see the whole World in Flames without any Concern. 1852Thackeray Esmond ii. ix, He was impassible before victory, before danger, before defeat. 1876Geo. Eliot Dan. Der. vii. liv, Gwendolen, keeping her impassible air, as they moved away from the strand.
†4. Not to be endured, insufferable. Obs. rare.
1508Fisher 7 Penit. Ps. xxxviii. Wks. (1876) 56 Put your fynger nygh the fyre and full soone ye fele impassyble hete. 1665T. Mall Offer F. Help vii, When the greatest sufferings approach you, say not they are invincible, impassable. |