intangibility · noun — the quality or state of being intangible; intangibleness. It carries an Arena rating of 1310, earned across 8 head-to-head judged battles.
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Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, intangibility ranks #943 of 17,135 for Most Sublime Words, #4,307 of 17,128 for Most Ponderous Words, #5,700 of 17,134 for Most Elegant Words, #6,073 of 17,144 for Most Malleable Words.
Why “intangibility” is a great word
The quality or state of being incapable of being touched or precisely defined. From the English adjective *intangible* (from *in-* ("not") + *tangible*, from Latin *tangibilis*, from *tangere* ("to touch")) + the noun-forming suffix *-ity*. First recorded in English use 1783. Unlike "abstraction," which denotes a mental concept distilled from particulars, or "impalpability," which is strictly a failure of tactile sense, intangibility is the inherent property of the elusive itself. It is the warmth of a memory that cools when examined directly, the exact weight of a silence in an empty room, and the precise contour of a regret that shapes a life yet defies outline—the fundamental untouchability of so much that matters.
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Etymology
Compare French intangibilité.
noun
- The quality or state of being intangible; intangibleness.
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