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imperturbable
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Imperturbable \Im`per*turb"a*ble\, a. [L. imperturbabilis; pref. im- not + perturbare to disturb: cf. F. imperturbable. See Perture.] Incapable of being disturbed or disconcerted; as, imperturbable gravity.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1500, from Middle French imperturbable and directly from Late Latin imperturbabilis "that cannot be disturbed" (Augustine), from assimilated form of in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + *perturbabilis, from Latin perturbare "to confuse, disturb" (see perturb). Related: Imperturbably; imperturbability.
Wiktionary
a. 1 not easily perturbed, upset or excited 2 calm and collected, even under pressure
WordNet
adj. not easily perturbed or excited or upset; marked by extreme calm and composure; "hitherto imperturbable, he now showed signs of alarm"; "an imperturbable self-possession"; "unflappable in a crisis" [syn: unflappable]
Usage examples of "imperturbable".
Even slender white-haired Vandene Namelle and her mirror-image first-sister Adeleas, who usually looked the most imperturbable of them all.
On the far side of the dwarf viewspider, Executor Nom Anor brandished his imperturbable needle-toothed smile.
Philip found himself the Duc de Bercy, and within a year, by reason of a splendid victory for the Imperturbable, an admiral.
Though the others seemed to fall somewhere between the two poles, they spoke just as loudly, drawing even Eryl Besa and Jovan Drark, an imperturbable Rodian, into the argument on opposite sides.
Dust, held so long in equilibrium, exploited its liberation to squall in microburst vortices around the solid imperturbable boulders and jagged icebergs which made up the bulk of the ring, their gyrations mirroring the rowdy cloudscape a hundred and seventy thousand kilometres below.
Thus, a terrible impression steals upon and overshadows her that from this pursuer, living or dead--obdurate and imperturbable before her in his well-remembered shape, or not more obdurate and imperturbable in his coffin-bed--there is no escape but in death.
As Katherine,s tears subsided, bit by bit she told Amelia, who listened to her with an imperturbable calm, of her abduction, of how.
At first Amelia listened in a stunned silence which gradually became an imperturbable calm, for she now realiged that, with Blake loving Katherine-as passionately as he did, he felt duty bound to try and help her brother.
At the same time Mercedes reappeared, paler than before, but with that imperturbable expression of countenance which she sometimes wore.
There was only a great voice, calm, confident, imperturbable, speaking to them, speaking at that same instant to every sophont in the galaxy.
Rossini remained imperturbable, and when Giorgi-Rhigetti, Garcia, and Zamboni hastened to his lodgings to offer their condolences as soon as they could don street attire, they found him asleep.
At last, after holding their sides for half an hour, they set themselves to be serious in real earnest, taking my imperturbable gravity for their example.
Down from the mountains came the Bounders, leaping pell-mell high in the air, hopping like monstrous fleas, and the suggestion of humanity in their motion sent a chill along Magnus Ridolph's usually imperturbable spine.
It must be observed that one of Sam's especial delights had been to ride in attendance on his master to all kinds of political gatherings, where, roosted on some rail fence, or perched aloft in some tree, he would sit watching the orators, with the greatest apparent gusto, and then, descending among the various brethren of his own color, assembled on the same errand, he would edify and delight them with the most ludicrous burlesques and imitations, all delivered with the most imperturbable earnestness and solemnity.
Peeler mumbled something unrepeatable, and even the normally imperturbable Chaa had a few choice words to say in his own language.