Impăssible, *im-pas-sy-ble, a

[Fr., from Lat. impa ibilis incapable of feeling or pa ion; im- in- =not, and pa ibilis capable of feeling, from pa us, pa. par. of patior =to suffer.] Incapable of of pa ion, pain, or suffering; incapable of feeling; exempt from liability to pain or uneasine ; that cannot be acted upon by external causes; not to be moved to pa ion, feeling, or sympathy; with out or not exhibiting feeling. impatient im-pas-tō, s. [Ital.] [IMPASTE.] Paint .: A term used to expre the thickne of the layer or body of pigment applied by the painter to his canvas. According to the method of handling exercised by different artists, this impasto is thick or thin. Rembrandt, Salvator Rosa, and others used a thick impasto; Raphael, Guido, and others, an impasto so thin that the threads of the canvas and the crayon outline may be seen through it.