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)

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]

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