unimpassive

adj

Etymology

From un- + impassive.

  1. derived from *peh₁-
  2. derived from passivus
  3. derived from passif
  4. inherited from passyf
  5. formed as impassive — “im- + passive
  6. prefixed as unimpassive — “un + impassive

Definitions

  1. Not impassive.

    • Jack was called plucky, and he was, but it took all the strength of will that the slim, resolute engineer possessed, to hold him to his purpose, when he faced about and surveyed the unimpassive faces which compassed him.
    • Yet the lecturer exhibited no sign of physical emotion, used no gesture, and the unimpassive face with the veiled eye added infinitely to the solemnity of the discourse, which seemed hieratic and liturgical rather than oratorical.

The neighborhood

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