impenetrable

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Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adjective not admitting of penetration or passage into or through
  2. adjective permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter
  3. adjective impossible to understand

Etymology

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

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