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incomprehensible(dictionary)

incomprehensible (iou)



incomprehensible adjective & noun. LME.
[Latin incomprehensibilis, formed as IN-3 + comprehensibilis COMPREHENSIBLE.]
A. adjective.
Chiefly Theology. Unable to be contained or circumscribed within limits; boundless. arch. LME.
Unable to be understood, unintelligible; arch. beyond the reach of intellect or research, unfathomable. LME.
D. Acheson The papers were long, tremendously complex, and totally incomprehensible.
Unable to be physically grasped or taken hold of; impalpable. rare. E17-M18.
b. noun. An incomprehensible thing or being. M16.
in,comprehensi'bility noun the property or attribute of being incomprehensible; an inconceivable or unintelligible thing: L16.
incomprehensibleness noun E17.
incomprehensibly adverb LME.