Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for IM-PALP'A-BLE
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IM-PALP'A-BLE, a. [Fr. from L. in and palpo, to feel. See Palpable.]
- Not to be felt; that can not be perceived by the touch; as, an impalpable powder, whose parts are so minute that they can not be distinguished by the senses, particularly by feeling. Encyc.
- Not coarse or gross. Warton.
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