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impassible
im·pas·si·ble [ im pássəb'l ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
1. not subject to pain or injury: not susceptible to or not capable of feeling physical pain or injury ( formal )

2. emotionless: not capable of feeling or expressing emotion ( formal or literary )

[14th century. Via French< ecclesiastical Latin impassibilis "not feeling" < Latin pass-, past participle of pati "suffer"]

im·pas·si·bil·i·ty [ im pàssə bíllətee ] noun
im·pas·si·ble·ness [ im pássəb'lnəss ] noun
im·pas·si·bly [ im pássəblee ] adverb
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