† impatibleadj.
Obsolete.
1. Incapable of suffering, or of sustaining injury: = impassible adj. 1, 2.
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the world > action or operation > safety > [adjective] > safe or invulnerable
impassiblea1492
impatible?1541
proof1583
invulnerable1596
woundless1604
charmeda1616
unvulnerablea1616
inexposable1618
inobnoxious1659
impregnate1721
wreckless1822
uninjurable1846
immune1861
trouble-proof1878
the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > physical insensibility > [adjective] > incapable of physical suffering
unthrowlyc1225
impassiblea1340
unpassiblec1390
unpainfulc1450
impatible?1541
passiveless1602
unpassive1602
impassive1667
?1541 R. Copland Galen's Fourth Bk. Terapeutyke sig. Ej, in Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens The impatable and inalterable thynges to be the fyrste elementes.
1588 A. King tr. P. Canisius Cathechisme or Schort Instr. 76 b It [the flesh of Christ] is inuisible, impatible, immortall.
1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. ii. 129 The Devil..is a Spirit, and so impatible of materiall Fire.
2. Intolerable: = impassible adj. 4.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > cause of mental pain or suffering > quality of being unendurable or intolerable > [adjective]
untholelyc1225
untholinga1300
unsufferablea1325
untolerablea1382
importable1402
untholefula1425
unbearablec1449
unportablea1500
impassible1508
intolerablea1513
insupportable1530
insufferable1533
incomportable1574
impatient1590
intollerous1594
unsuffered1598
supportless1602
unsupportable1602
indurable1607
impatible1623
unbrookable1633
unsustainable1662
unendurable1801
impassive1828
punishing1833
thick1884
1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Impatible, intolerable.
1659 D. Pell Πελαγος 22 The heavy, severe, and impatible wrath of God.
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