Pal"pa*ble (?), a. [F. palpable, L. palpabilis, fr. palpare to feel, stroke; cf. palpus the soft palm
of the hand.]
1. Capable of being touched and felt; perceptible by the touch;
as, a palpable form.
Shak.
Darkness must overshadow all his bounds,
Palpable darkness.
Milton.
2. Easily perceptible; plain; distinct; obvious; readily perceived and detected;
gross; as, palpable imposture;
palpable absurdity; palpable errors. "Three persons palpable." P. Plowman.
[Lies] gross as a mountain, open, palpable.
Shak. --
Pal"pa*ble*ness, n. --
Pal"pa*bly,
adv.
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