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单词 imponderabilia
释义

imponderabilia

[ im-pon-der-uh-bil-ee-uh, -bil-yuh ]
/ ɪmˌpɒn dər əˈbɪl i ə, -ˈbɪl yə /

plural noun

imponderables; things that cannot be precisely determined, measured, or evaluated: the imponderabilia surrounding human life.

Origin of imponderabilia

1920–25; <New Latin, neuter plural of Medieval Latin imponderābilisimponderable

Words nearby imponderabilia

imply, impolder, impolicy, impolite, impolitic, imponderabilia, imponderable, impone, imponent, import, importance
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Example sentences from the Web for imponderabilia

  • Their 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

Word Origin for imponderabilia

C20: New Latin
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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