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impassive

English

Etymology

im- (“not”) +? passive (“to express the suffering or feeling”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?m?pæs?v/

Adjective

impassive (comparative more impassive, superlative most impassive)

  1. Having, or revealing, no emotion.
  2. Still or motionless.

Synonyms

  • apathetic, phlegmatic

Related terms

  • passive
  • impassible
  • impatient

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flinty

English

Etymology

From flint +? -y.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?fl?nti/
  • Rhymes: -?nti

Adjective

flinty (comparative flintier or more flinty, superlative flintiest or most flinty)

  1. Resembling or containing flint.
  2. (geology) Siliceous (including basanite).
    flinty rock; flinty slate
  3. Showing a lack of emotion.
  4. Having a taste characteristic of certain white wines, especially Chablis, supposed to evoke the sensation of flint striking steel.

Translations

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?fl?in.t?/

Noun

flinty f

  1. inflection of flinta:
    1. genitive singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

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