Im*pas"sive (?), a.

Not susceptible of pain or suffering; apathetic; impassible; unmoved.

Impassive as the marble in the quarry. De Quincey.

On the impassive ice the lightings play. Pope.

-- Im*pas"sive*ly, adv. -- Im*pas"sive*ness, n.

 

© Webster 1913.

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