Both Uses of
impotent
in
Bleak House
- If I sit here thinking of him," snarls the old man, holding up his impotent ten fingers, "I want to strangle him now."†
Chpt 19-21
- This tends to the discomfiture of Mr. Smallweed, who finds it so difficult to resume his object, whatever it may be, that he becomes exasperated and secretly claws the air with an impotent vindictiveness expressive of an intense desire to tear and rend the visage of Mr. George.†
Chpt 25-27 *
Definition:
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(impotent as in: impotent fury) lacking power or ability