impassible Meaning, Definition & Usage

Im*pas"si*ble adjective

Etymology

L. impassibilis; pref. im- not + passibilis passable: cf. F. impassible. See Passible.

Definitions

1. Incapable of suffering; inaccessible to harm or pain; not to be touched or moved to passion or sympathy; unfeeling, or not showing feeling; without sensation. "Impassible to the critic." Sir W. Scott.

   Secure of death, I should contemn thy dart Though naked, and impassible depart. Dryden.