palpable

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

PAL'PABLE, adjective [Latin palpor, to feel.] 1. Perceptible by the touch; that may be felt; as a palpable substance; palpable darkness. 2. Gross; coarse; easily perceived and detected; as a palpable absurdity. 3. Plain; obvious; easily perceptible; as palpable phenomena; palpable proof.
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