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Grammar : Noun
Spell : im-pas-uh-buh l
Phonetic Transcription : ɪmˈpæs ə bəl

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Définition of impassibility

Origin :
  • "incapable of feeling pain, exempt from suffering," mid-14c., from Old French impassible (13c.), from Church Latin impassibilis "incapable of passion," from assimilated form of in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + passibilis, from passio "suffering" (see passion). Related: Impassibility.
  • As in disinterest : noun apathy
Example sentences :
  • "They see us," said Aramis, and sank again into impassibility.
  • Extract from : « The Man in the Iron Mask » by Alexandre Dumas, Pere
  • Mrime acknowledges that much of his own and Stendhal's impassibility was pure posing.
  • Extract from : « Egoists » by James Huneker
  • Mona's impassibility was gone, and her questions, like her breath, came hot and fast.
  • Extract from : « The Deemster » by Hall Caine
  • Ursus had the intrepidity of a fly and the impassibility of a sensitive plant.
  • Extract from : « The Man Who Laughs » by Victor Hugo
  • His impassibility was only feigned, and this is the curious side of the story.
  • Extract from : « George Sand, Some Aspects of Her Life and Writings » by Rene Doumic
  • "They see us," said Aramis, and sank again into his impassibility.
  • Extract from : « The Vicomte de Bragelonne » by Alexandre Dumas
  • Lionel would receive it with impassibility, never answering.
  • Extract from : « Verner's Pride » by Mrs. Henry Wood
  • The Cardinal listened to her representations with an impassibility as respectful as it was unbending.
  • Extract from : « The Life of Marie de Medicis, Vol. 3 (of 3) » by Julia Pardoe
  • Albert's impassibility contributed not a little to increase M. de Commarin's irritation.
  • Extract from : « The Widow Lerouge » by Emile Gaboriau
  • He had been iron in his impassibility at that time, but he was steel now, and steel which had been through the fiercest of fires.
  • Extract from : « That Affair Next Door » by Anna Katharine Green
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