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impenetrable

adj
/ɪmˈpɛnətɹəbəl/

Etymology

From Middle English inpenetrabel, inpenetrabyle, from Middle French impenetrable or directly from its etymon, Latin impenetrābilis. By surface analysis, im- + penetrable.

  1. derived from impenetrābilis
  2. derived from impenetrable
  3. inherited from inpenetrabel

Definitions

  1. Not penetrable.

    • The fortress is impenetrable, so it cannot be taken.
    • The avalanche spread and stopped, locking everything it carried into an icy cocoon. It was now a jagged, virtually impenetrable pile of ice, longer than a football field and nearly as wide.

  2. Opaque

    Opaque; obscure; not translucent or transparent.

    • When night falls, she cloaks the world in impenetrable darkness.

  3. Incomprehensible

    Incomprehensible; fathomless; inscrutable.

    • Business jargon makes this document impenetrable—I can’t understand it.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. A person not openly given to friendship.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA