per impossibile

adverb

per im·​pos·​si·​bi·​le

¦peˌrimpəˈsibəˌlā,

¦pər‧ˌimpəˈsibə(ˌ)lē

: as is impossible

if, per impossibile, stones could reason

Word History

Etymology

Latin, literally, through the impossible

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