Hypertext Webster Gateway: "impassive"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Impassive \Im*pas"sive\, a.
Not susceptible of pain or suffering; apathetic; impassible;
unmoved.
Impassive as the marble in the quarry. --De Quincey.
On the impassive ice the lightings play. --Pope.
-- {Im*pas"sive*ly}, adv. -- {Im*pas"sive*ness}, n.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
impassive
adj 1: having or revealing little emotion or sensibility; not
easily aroused or excited; "her impassive remoteness";
"he remained impassive, showing neither interest in
nor concern for our plight"- Nordhoff & Hall; "a
silent stolid creature who took it all as a matter of
course"-Virginia Woolf; "her face showed nothing but
stolid indifference" [syn: {stolid}]
2: deliberately impassive in manner; "deadpan humor"; "his face
remained expressionless as the verdict was read" [syn: {deadpan},
{expressionless}, {poker-faced}, {unexpressive}]
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