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imperturbable, a.|ɪmpəˈtɜːbəb(ə)l|
[ad. late L. imperturbābil-is (Augustine, a 430), f. im- (im-2) + *perturbābilis perturbable. Cf. F. imperturbable (1486 in Godef. Compl.).]
Not capable of being or liable to be mentally perturbed, agitated, or excited; unexcitable; serene, calm.
c1450tr. De Imitatione iii. liii. 126 Whan shal þere be sad pes, pes imperturbable and sure? 1775Ash, Imperturbable, impossible to be disturbed, incapable of being disturbed. Dict. of Arts. 1797W. Tooke Life Catherine 201 (Jod.) The Prince de Ligne had given the Empress Catherine the name of imperturbable, or immoveable. 1820Scott Monast. xiv, Solemn and imperturbable gravity. 1860Motley Netherl. (1868) I. viii. 524 Great was the embarrassment..even of the imperturbable Burleigh.
Hence imperˈturbableness, imperturbability.
1860Pusey Min. Proph. 479 How great..was their constancy and imperturbableness. 1861Holland Less. Life xiii. 182 A certain degree of mental repose—or what may be called imperturbableness—is necessary to influence. |