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imperspirable, a. Now rare.|ɪmpəˈspaɪərəb(ə)l|
[f. im-2 + perspirable.]
Incapable of perspiration.
1684tr. Bonet's Merc. Compit. xviii. 663 The humors are condensed, the skin made imperspirable. 1744tr. Boerhaave's Inst. III. 299 A Cicatrix or imperspirable Crust is formed, instead of the Cuticle. 1844–57G. Bird Urin. Deposits (ed. 5) 311 Pulse quick and sharp; skin dry and imperspirable.
Hence imperspiraˈbility.
1744Mitchell in Phil. Trans. XLIII. 144 The Thickness and Density of the Skins of black and tawny People, or Imperspirability of their Bodies. |