All 3 Uses of
palpable
in
The Lords of Discipline
- An immense psychological pressure, palpable and inchoate, was loose in that room.†
Chpt 2.16 *palpable = very apparent
- But touching the place where the child was made it no longer symbolic; it was real and palpable and material.†
Chpt 3.29
- I moved through the azaleas cautiously, silently; and for a moment a delicious, almost palpable curiosity had replaced the fear.†
Chpt 4.38
Definition:
very apparent (so strong, it almost seems to take a material form that can be touched)
"Palpable" is frequently used to describe the intensity of an emotion shared between people who can see each other. The implication is that the emotion is so strong, it almost takes a material form that can be touched.