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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024pal•pa•ble /ˈpælpəbəl/USA pronunciation adj. - plainly seen or felt;
obvious:Her disgust was palpable when her former boyfriend walked in. - capable of being touched or felt;
tangible:could sense a palpable presence in the spooky, dark hotel room.
pal•pa•bly, adv.: a story that was palpably untrue. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024pal•pa•ble (pal′pə bəl),USA pronunciation adj. - readily or plainly seen, heard, perceived, etc.;
obvious;
evident:a palpable lie; palpable absurdity. - capable of being touched or felt;
tangible. - Medicineperceptible by palpation.
- Late Latin palpābilis that can be touched, equivalent. to palpā(re) to stroke, touch, palpate1 + -bilis -ble
- Middle English 1350–1400
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged manifest, plain.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged material, corporeal.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged obscure.
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