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adjective

Palpable adj.

Capable of being touched and felt; perceptible by the touch; as, a palpable form. "Darkness must overshadow all his bounds, Palpable darkness."

Easily perceptible; plain; distinct; obvious; readily perceived and detected; gross; as, palpable imposture; palpable absurdity; palpable errors. "Three persons palpable." "(Lies) gross as a mountain, open, palpable." "A hit, A very palpable hit."

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Palpable" Quotes from Famous Books

... out of Lady Gertrude Vining. But Florence Delmaine, as Kate Hardcastle, leaves nothing to be desired, and many are the complimentary speeches uttered from time to time by the audience. Arthur Dynecourt too had not overpraised his own powers. It is palpable to every one that he has often trod the boards, and the pathos he throws into his performance astonishes the audience. Is it only acting in the final scene when he makes love to Miss Hardcastle, or is there some ...

— The Haunted Chamber - A Novel • "The Duchess"

... was a palpable discouragement to all the fleet, but not all were aware that their leader, Antony, had shared Cleopatra's flight. Some of those who realized what had happened gave up all further effort for victory, and leaving the line drove ashore on ...

— Famous Sea Fights - From Salamis to Tsu-Shima • John Richard Hale

... of rubble, digging his toes in, to keep from sliding into the water; and there were great hundred-ton boulders, over which he dragged himself on his stomach. Above the canyon there were no stars visible; and below, it was wrapped in darkness, thick, velvety, palpable as lamp-black. ...

— Two on the Trail - A Story of the Far Northwest • Hulbert Footner

... transition from day to night grew more palpable, the hamlets of Savoy became gray and hazy, the shades thickened around the bases of the mountains in a manner to render their forms indistinct and massive, and the milder glory of the scene was transferred to their summits. Seen by sun-light, these noble heights appear ...

— The Headsman - The Abbaye des Vignerons • James Fenimore Cooper

... not much longer endure this unapproachableness, this palpable shrinking. He could not much longer bear to be in the midst of light and laughter, of friendly talk and smiling faces, and be utterly shut off from any part in it all. He was in as evil case as a man chained to a rock and dying of thirst, while a clear, cold stream flowed ...

— The Hidden Places • Bertrand W. Sinclair

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