palpable
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Middle French palpable and its source, Latin palpābilis.
Pronunciation [edit]
- (UK) IPA: /ˈpalpəbəl/
- (US) enPR: păl'pə-bəl, IPA: /ˈpælpəbəl/, X-SAMPA: /pALp@bL:/
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Adjective [edit]
palpable (comparative more palpable, superlative most palpable)
- Capable of being touched, felt or handled; touchable, tangible.
- circa 1600, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, act 5, sc. 2:
- Osric: A hit, a very palpable hit.
- 1838, Edgar Allan Poe, "Ligeia":
- I had felt that some palpable although invisible object had passed lightly by my person.
- 1894, Bret Harte, "The Heir of the McHulishes" in A Protegee of Jack Hamlin's and Other Stories:
- The next morning the fog had given way to a palpable, horizontally driving rain.
- circa 1600, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, act 5, sc. 2:
- Obvious or easily perceived; noticeable.
- 1913, Sax Rohmer, The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu ch. 24:
- Her voice, her palpable agitation, prepared us for something extraordinary.
- 1916, Kathleen Norris, The Heart of Rachael, ch. 7:
- No use in raging, in reasoning, in arguing. No use in setting forth the facts, the palpable right and wrong.
- 1913, Sax Rohmer, The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu ch. 24:
- (medicine) That can be detected by palpation.
Synonyms [edit]
- (capable of being touched): tangible, touchable
- (obvious or easily perceived): manifest, noticeable, patent
Translations [edit]
capable of being touched
obvious
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that can be detected by palpation
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Catalan [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Latin palpābilis.
Adjective [edit]
palpable m, f (masculine and feminine plural palpables)
French [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Latin palpābilis.
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /palpabl/
Adjective [edit]
palpable (masculine and feminine, plural palpables)
Spanish [edit]
Adjective [edit]
palpable m and f (plural palpables)
