impalpability

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ĭmpălpəbĭʹlĭtĭ, IPA^(key): /ɪmpælpəˈbɪlɪtɪ/

Noun

impalpability (usually uncountable, plural impalpabilities)

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]