impossibleness

impossibleness
noun see impossible

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

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  • impossibleness — im·possibleness …   English syllables

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  • impossible — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French & Latin; Anglo French, from Latin impossibilis, from in + possibilis possible Date: 14th century 1. a. incapable of being or of occurring b. felt to be incapable of being done, attained, or… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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