°(colloquial) Of a person, very difficult to deal with.
            
            
              "You never listen to a word I say - you're impossible!"
            
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              "Late C14: “Madame,” quod he, “this were an impossible!” — Geoffrey Chaucer, ‘The Franklin's Tale’, Canterbury Tales"
            
          
            
              °(with definite article) That which seems impossible.
            
            
              "If we work together, we can achieve the impossible!"