impalpability

English

Etymology

Formed as impalpable +‎ -ity; compare the French impalpabilité.

Pronunciation

• (RP) enPR: ĭmpălpəbĭʹlĭtĭ, IPA: /ɪmpælpəˈbɪlɪtɪ/, X-SAMPA: /Imp{lp@"bIlItI/

Noun

impalpability (uncountable)

1. The quality of being impalpable; intangibility.
   1. Physical imperceptibility; incapability of being sensed by the tactual faculties.
   2. Ungraspability by or inapprehensibility to the mind.

References

• “impalpable, a.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2^nd Ed.; 1989]