palpableness

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palpableness - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Palpable \Pal"pa*ble\, a. [F. palpable, L. palpabilis, fr.
     palpare to feel, stroke; cf. palpus the soft palm of the
     hand.]
     1. Capable of being touched and felt; perceptible by the
        touch; as, a palpable form. --Shak.
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              Darkness must overshadow all his bounds,
              Palpable darkness.                    --Milton.
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     2. Easily perceptible; plain; distinct; obvious; readily
        perceived and detected; gross; as, palpable imposture;
        palpable absurdity; palpable errors. "Three persons
        palpable." --P. Plowman.
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              [Lies] gross as a mountain, open, palpable. --Shak.
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              A hit, A very palpable hit.           --Shak.
                                                    (Hamlet)
        [1913 Webster] -- Pal"pa*ble*ness, n. -- Pal"pa*bly,
        adv.
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