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impenetrables

impenetrables is the plural of impenetrable.

Meaning of impenetrable

Noun

impenetrable (plural impenetrables)

  1. A person not openly given to friendship.
    • I should lose the reputation that I am gradually acquiring among our impenetrables here, were I to confess the excitement which I felt at the idea of entering his house—the house of that great general under whose command you made your first charge.1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “Chapter XXVI. Lady Marchmont to Sir Jasper Meredith.”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 236

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Questions about impenetrables

What is impenetrables the plural of?
Impenetrables is the plural of impenetrable.

Words near impenetrables in the dictionary

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

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