ext_34538 ([identity profile] simplyn2deep.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] 1_million_words2013-09-12 04:11 am

Word of the Day 9/12/13

Palpable (adjective)
pal·pa·ble [pal-puh-buhl]


adjective
1. readily or plainly seen, heard, perceived, etc.; obvious; evident: a palpable lie; palpable absurdity.
2. capable of being touched or felt; tangible.
3. Medicine/Medical. perceptible by palpation.

Synonyms
1. manifest, plain.
2. material, corporeal.

Antonyms
1. obscure.

Origin: 1350–1400; Middle English < Late Latin palpābilis that can be touched, equivalent to palpā ( re ) to stroke, touch, palpate1 + -bilis -ble

Now YOU come up with a sentence (or fic? or graphic?) that best illustrates the word.

[identity profile] mrsowl.livejournal.com 2013-09-12 05:30 pm (UTC)(link)
My try on AO3 (http://archiveofourown.org/works/964426)

[identity profile] mrsowl.livejournal.com 2013-09-12 05:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks a lot! It's a word I use nearly every day in my job: Searching for veins...;-)

[identity profile] haldoor.livejournal.com 2013-09-14 06:43 am (UTC)(link)
HA! That was brilliant! ;-)