IMPASSES

Noun

impasses

plural of impasse

Source: Wiktionary


IMPASSE

Im`passe" (aN`päs"; E. im*pas"), n. [F.]

Definition: An impassable road or way; a blind alley; cul-de-sac; fig., a position or predicament affording no escape.

The issue from the present impasse will, in all probability, proceed from below, not from above. Arnold White.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

5 April 2025

SET

(noun) an unofficial association of people or groups; “the smart set goes there”; “they were an angry lot”


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Coffee Trivia

Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.

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