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impenetrableness

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Etymology

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From impenetrable +‎ -ness.

Noun

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impenetrableness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being impenetrable.
    • 1783, William Godwin, Four Early Pamphlets[1]:
      I need not add, that to a mind of elegance and sensibility, the emblematical allusion which this dress would carry to the secrecy and impenetrableness of the person that wears it, must be the source of a delightful and exquisite sensation.
    • 1919, Zane Grey, The Desert of Wheat[2]:
      The stars, the night, the dark blue of heaven hid the secret in their impenetrableness.