impervious
Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpɜːvi.əs/
The English word “impervious” has 3 meanings listed here.
adjective
- Unaffected or unable to be affected by something.
- Preventive of any penetration; impenetrable, impermeable, particularly of water.
- Immune to damage or effect.
Etymology
From Latin impervius (“that cannot be passed through”), from in- (“not”) + pervius (“letting things through”).
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