Sunday, October 14, 2007

Bon Mot: impervious

impervious \im-PUR-vee-uhs\, adjective:

Ms. Foo is tremorproof, fireproof and impervious to even the most powerful tornado—well, at least in her bunny brain she is.
    • Not admitting of entrance or passage through; impenetrable.
    • Not capable of being harmed or damaged.
    • Not capable of being affected.

    Let's get to the root: Impervious comes from Latin impervius, from in-, "not" + pervius, with a way through, hence penetrable, from per-, through + via, way.

    3 comments:

    Anonymous said...

    I kind of feel sorry for this word because it lacks personality. Nice that you have given it some attention. "After developing his Downer Shield, Jimmy was impervious to bad vibes."

    Mama Foo said...

    It is Foo's hope to bring joy and happiness to seemingly lack luster words suffocating between the pages of dictionaries everywhere.

    It's arduous scutwork, but somebunny's got to do it.

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