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impalpable (adj.)
c. 1500, from French
impalpable
, from Medieval Latin
impalpabilis
, from assimilated form of
in-
"not, opposite of" (see
in-
(1)) +
palpabilis
(see
palpable
). Figurative use from 1774. Related:
Impalpably
;
impalpability
.