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Webster 1913 Edition


Inexplicable

In-ex′pli-ca-ble

,
Adj.
[L.
inexplicabilis
: cf. F.
inexplicable
. See
In-
not, and
Explicable
.]
Not explicable; not explainable; incapable of being explained, interpreted, or accounted for;
as, an
inexplicable
mystery
.
“An inexplicable scratching.”
Cowper.
Their reason is disturbed; their views become vast and perplexed, to others
inexplicable
, to themselves uncertain.
Burke.

Webster 1828 Edition


Inexplicable

INEX'PLICABLE

,
Adj.
[L. inexplicabilis; in and explico, to unfold.]
That cannot be explained or interpreted; not capable of being rendered plain and intelligible; as an inexplicable mystery.