Etymology

impassive

im·pass·ive
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Today it means: Having, or revealing, no emotion. Full definition →

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From im- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + passive (“which is, or is capable of being, acted on; (obsolete) which suffers, or may suffer, pain, death, etc.”, adjective).

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