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The quality of being impermeable.

Not permeable; not permitting passage, as of a fluid. through its substance; impervious; impenetrable; as, India rubber is impermeable to water and to air. -- Im*per"me*a*ble*ness, n. -- Im*per"me*a*bly, adv.

Not permissible.

Not capable of being searched out; inscrutable. [Obs.] -- Im`per*scru"ta*ble*ness, n. [Obs.]

Not persevering; fickle; thoughtless. [Obs.]

Not personal; not representing a person; not having personality. An almighty but impersonal power, called Fate. Sir J. Stephen. Impersonal verb (Gram.), a verb used with an indeterminate subject, commonly, in English, with the impersonal pronoun it; as, it rains; it snows; methinks (it seems to me). Many verbs which ar…

The quality of being impersonal; want or absence of personality.

In an impersonal manner.

To assume, or to represent, the person or character of; to personate; as, he impersonated Macbeth. Benedict impersonated his age. Milman.

The act of impersonating; personification; investment with personality; representation in a personal form.

One who impersonates; an actor; a mimic.

Want of perspicuity or clearness; vaguness; ambiguity.

Not perspicuous; not clear; obscure; vague; ambeguous.

Not to be persuaded; obstinate; unyielding; impersuasible. -- Im`per*suad"a*ble*ness, n.

Not persuasible; not to be moved by persuasion; inflexible; impersuadable. Dr. H. More. -- Im`per*sua`si*bil"i*ty, n.

The condition or quality of being impertnent; absence of pertinence, or of adaptedness; irrelevance; unfitness.

Impertinence. [R.] O, matter and impertinency mixed! Reason in madness! Shak.

ng no bearing on the subject; not to the point; irrelevant; inapplicable. Things that are impertinent to us. Tillotson. How impertinent that grief was which served no end! Jer. Taylor.

In an impertinent manner. "Not to betray myself impertinently." B. Jonson.

The quality or state of being impertransible. [R.]