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impenetrableness

impenetrableness noun: the quality of being impenetrable.

Noun

impenetrableness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being impenetrable.
    • 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.1783, William Godwin, Four Early Pamphlets
    • The stars, the night, the dark blue of heaven hid the secret in their impenetrableness.1919, Zane Grey, The Desert of Wheat

Origin of impenetrableness

From impenetrable + -ness.

Questions about impenetrableness

What does impenetrableness mean?
Impenetrableness means the quality of being impenetrable.
What part of speech is impenetrableness?
Impenetrableness is a noun.

Words near impenetrableness in the dictionary

  1. impendings
  2. impends
  3. impenetrabilities
  4. impenetrability
  5. impenetrable
  6. impenetrableness
  7. impenetrables
  8. impenetrably
  9. impenetralia
  10. impenetrate
  11. impenetrated

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