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IMPENETRABLE
impenetrable
(adjective) impossible to understand; “impenetrable jargon”
impenetrable
(adjective) not admitting of penetration or passage into or through; “an impenetrable fortress”; “impenetrable rain forests”
dense, heavy, impenetrable
(adjective) permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter; “dense smoke”; “heavy fog”; “impenetrable gloom”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
impenetrable (not comparable)
Not penetrable.
(figuratively) Incomprehensible; fathomless; inscrutable.
Opaque; obscure; not translucent or transparent.
Synonyms
• (not penetrable): impregnable, unfathomable
• (incomprehensible): See also incomprehensible
Antonyms
• (not penetrable): penetrable, pregnable, fathomable
• (incomprehensible): See also comprehensible
Source: Wiktionary
Im*pen"e*tra*ble, a. Etym: [L. impenetrabilis; pref. im- not + penetrabilis penetrable: cf. F. impénétrable.]
1. Incapable of being penetrated or pierced; not admitting the passage of other bodies; not to be entered; impervious; as, an impenetrable shield. Highest woods impenetrable To star or sunlight. Milton.
2. (Physics)
Definition: Having the property of preventing any other substance from occupying the same space at the same time.
3. Inaccessible, as to knowledge, reason, sympathy, etc.; unimpressible; not to be moved by arguments or motives; as, an impenetrable mind, or heart. They will be credulous in all affairs of life, but impenetrable by a sermon of the gospel. Jer. Taylor.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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