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Word entry · 12 letters

impenetrable

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12 letters · collected on this word page

12 lettersPronunciation /ɪmˈpɛnətɹəbəl/Part of speech adjectiveSorted abeeeilmnprtStarts with IEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. impossible to understand

Word origin

From Middle English inpenetrabel, inpenetrabyle, from Middle French impenetrable or directly from its etymon, Latin impenetrābilis. By surface analysis, im- + penetrable.

Used in a sentence

  • The fortress is impenetrable, so it cannot be taken.
  • The avalanche spread and stopped, locking everything it carried into an icy cocoon. It was now a jagged, virtually impenetrable pile of ice, longer than a football field and nearly as wide.
  • When night falls, she cloaks the world in impenetrable darkness.

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