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palpable (iou)



palpable adjective. LME.
[Late Latin palpabilis, from Latin palpare: see PALPATE, -ABLE.]
Able to be touched, felt, or handled; fig. (of heat, darkness, etc.) intense, so extreme as to be almost felt. LME.
E. Mannin Eleven o'clock..even at that hour the heat was almost palpable.
b. Medicine. Perceptible by palpation. L19.
Readily perceived by one of the other senses or (esp.) by the mind; plain, evident, obvious. LME.
R. F. Burton The words Tanganenka and Tanganenko used by Dr. Livingstone..are palpable mispronunciations. M. E. Braddon 'Head's very hot,' said the surgeon, a fact also palpable to the patient.
palpa'bility noun E17.
palpableness noun E17.
palpably adverb LME.