incomprehensible
See also: incompréhensible
English
Etymology
From Middle French incomprehensible, from Latin incomprehensibilis.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /ˌɪnkɑmpɹəˈhɛnsɪbəl/
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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
Synonyms
Antonyms
- comprehensible, understandable; See also Thesaurus:comprehensible
Related terms
Translations
impossible or very difficult to understand
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Further reading
- 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, borrowed from Latin incomprehensibilis[1].
References
- “incompréhensible” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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