imperturbability
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From im- + perturbability.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]imperturbability (uncountable)
- A state of calm, unruffled self-assurance; aplomb, composure.
- 1913, Arthur Conan Doyle, “(please specify the page)”, in The Poison Belt […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
- "As I sat alone at my breakfast--Mrs. Challenger is in the habit of keeping her room of a morning--it suddenly entered my head that it would be entertaining and instructive to see whether I could find any limits to this woman's imperturbability."
Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]composure
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