English

edit

Etymology

edit

palpable +‎ -ness

Noun

edit

palpableness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being palpable.
    • 1874, Thomas Hardy, chapter XXIX, in Far from the Madding Crowd. [], volumes (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Smith, Elder & Co., [], →OCLC:
      He brimmed with deep feeling as he replied in a steady voice, the steadiness of which was spoilt by the palpableness of his great effort to keep it so:— []