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impalpable adjective [ ɪmˈpalpəb(ə)l ]

• unable to be felt by touch.
• "an impalpable ghost"
Similar: intangible, insubstantial, incorporeal, unable to be touched, imperceptible to the touch, indefinable, elusive, hard to define/describe, undescribable, immaterial, unbodied, discarnate,
Opposite: palpable,
Origin: early 16th century: from French, or from late Latin impalpabilis, from in- ‘not’ + palpabilis (see palpable).


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