palpable

Definition

Capable of being touched, felt or handled; touchable, tangible.

Etymology

From Middle French palpable and its source, Latin palpābilis, which is from palpō (“to touch softly”) + -bilis.

Example Sentences

• "Osric: A hit, a very palpable hit."
• "The imagination shuns to reveal its workings, unless it can clothe them in some lovely and palpable shape, and create into existence the high romance, the mournful song, the animated canvass, or the carved marble;..."
• "I had felt that some palpable although invisible object had passed lightly by my person."