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Webster 1913 Edition
Incomprehensible
In-comˊpre-hen′si-ble
,Adj.
1.
Not capable of being contained within limits.
An infinite and
incomprehensible
substance. Hooker.
2.
Not capable of being comprehended or understood; beyond the reach of the human intellect; inconceivable.
– In-comˊpre-hen′si-ble-ness
, Noun.
In-comˊpre-hen′si-bly
, adv.
Webster 1828 Edition
Incomprehensible
INCOMPREHENS'IBLE
, a.1.
That cannot be comprehended or understood; That is beyond the reach of human intellect; inconceivable. The nature of spiritual being is incomprehensible to us, or by us.2.
Not to be contained. [Little used.]Definition 2024
incomprehensible
incomprehensible
See also: incompréhensible
English
Adjective
incomprehensible (comparative more incomprehensible, superlative most incomprehensible)
- Impossible or very difficult to understand.
- Greg Bear, Heads, 1990
- He shook his head. 'It's not only undefined, it's incomprehensible. Even the QL is befuddled by it and can't give me straight answers.'
- Mark Twain, Letters From The Earth, (posthumous) 1962
- But this inference, which is supported by the opening of Book I, renders incomprehensible the note "and I have finished writing this," which is included within the dream.
- Greg Bear, Heads, 1990
Related terms
Synonyms
Antonyms
Translations
impossible or very difficult to understand
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External links
- incomprehensible in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- incomprehensible in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
Middle French
Etymology
First known attestation 1314, borrowing from Latin incomprehensibilis[1].
Adjective
incomprehensible m, f (plural incomprehensibles)
References
- ↑ “incompréhensible” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).