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Dictionary definition and meaning for impervious

IMPERVIOUS

  • (adj.) not admitting of passage or capable of being affected

    "a material impervious to water", "someone impervious to argument"

    synonyms : imperviable

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.

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  • (Tag: ) impervious = im-'not' + per-'completely' + vious 'via'[old] => not (completely via) => impossible to penetrate

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  • (Tag: English) impervious; here,{pervious= perversion}, thus im-pervious= which cannot be perversed with therefore which cannot be damaged or penetrated

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  • (Tag: hindi) im(not)+pravesh(enter) so unpenetrable...

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