Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
adjective
- incapable of suffering pain.
- incapable of suffering harm.
- incapable of emotion; impassive.
adjective rare
- not susceptible to pain or injury
- impassive or unmoved
“incapable of feeling pain, exempt from suffering,” mid-14c., from Old French impassible (13c.), from Church Latin impassibilis “incapable of passion,” from assimilated form of in- “not, opposite of” (see in- (1)) + passibilis, from passio “suffering” (see passion). Related: Impassibility.