Incomprehensibleness

Incomprehensibleness
Incomprehensible In*com`pre*hen"si*ble, a. [L. incomprehensibilis: cf. F. incompr['e]hensible. See {In-} not, and {Comprehensible}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Not capable of being contained within limits. [1913 Webster]

An infinite and incomprehensible substance. --Hooker. [1913 Webster]

2. Not capable of being comprehended or understood; beyond the reach of the human intellect; inconceivable. [1913 Webster]

And all her numbered stars that seem to roll Spaces incomprehensible. --Milton. -- {In*com`pre*hen"si*ble*ness}, n. -- {In*com`pre*hen"si*bly}, adv. [1913 Webster]


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  • incomprehensibleness — noun see incomprehensible …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • incomprehensibleness — See incomprehensibility. * * * …   Universalium

  • incomprehensibleness — noun The state of being incomprehensible. Syn: incomprehensibility …   Wiktionary

  • incomprehensibleness — n. incomprehensibility, incapability of being understood, inconceivableness; quality of being unintelligible …   English contemporary dictionary

  • incomprehensibleness — n. Inconceivableness, See incomprehensibility …   New dictionary of synonyms

  • incomprehensibleness — in·com·pre·hen·si·ble·ness …   English syllables

  • incomprehensibleness — noun see incomprehensible I …   Useful english dictionary

  • Incomprehensibility — In*com pre*hen si*bil i*ty, n. [Cf. F. incompr[ e]hensibilit[ e].] The quality of being incomprehensible, or beyond the reach of human intellect; incomprehensibleness; inconceivability; inexplicability. [1913 Webster] The constant, universal… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • incomprehensible — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Latin incomprehensibilis, from in + comprehensibilis comprehensible Date: 14th century 1. archaic having or subject to no limits 2. impossible to comprehend ; unintelligible < incomprehensible… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Acatalepsy — (from the Greek α̉ , privative, and καταλαμβάνειν, to seize), in philosophy, is incomprehensibleness, or the impossibility of comprehending or conceiving a thing. The Pyrrhonians and Skeptics, and even Plato s Academy asserted an absolute… …   Wikipedia

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