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for incomprehensible
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Incomprehensible \In*com`pre*hen"si*ble\, a. [L.
incomprehensibilis: cf. F. incompr['e]hensible. See In-
not, and Comprehensible.]
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1. Not capable of being contained within limits.
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An infinite and incomprehensible substance.
--Hooker.
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2. Not capable of being comprehended or understood; beyond
the reach of the human intellect; inconceivable.
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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.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 :
incomprehensible
adj 1: incapable of being explained or accounted for; "inexplicable
errors"; "left the house at three in the morning for
inexplicable reasons" [syn: inexplicable] [ant: explicable]
2: difficult to understand; "the most incomprehensible thing
about the universe is that it is comprehensible"- A.
Einstein [syn: uncomprehensible] [ant: comprehensible]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :
106 Moby Thesaurus words for "incomprehensible":
Greek to one, abstruse, all-comprehensive, all-inclusive,
ambiguous, antic, arcane, baffling, beguiling, bewildering,
beyond understanding, boundless, countless, cryptic, dark, deep,
endless, enigmatic, eternal, exceptional, exhaustless,
extending everywhere, extraordinary, fabulous, fanciful, fantastic,
fascinating, illimitable, illimited, immeasurable, immense,
impenetrable, impossible, inarticulate, incalculable, incognizable,
incoherent, inconceivable, incredible, indecipherable,
inexhaustible, infinite, infinitely continuous, innumerable,
inscrutable, interminable, interminate, limitless, marvelous,
measureless, miraculous, mysterious, mystifying, no end of,
numinous, obscure, occult, opaque, outlandish, passing strange,
past comprehension, perpetual, perplexing, phenomenal, prodigious,
puzzling, rambling, rare, recondite, remarkable, sensational,
shoreless, strange, striking, stupendous, sumless, termless,
unaccountable, unbelievable, unbounded, uncircumscribed,
unconnected, undecipherable, unexpected, unfathomable, unheard-of,
unimaginable, unintelligible, unique, universal, unknowable,
unlimited, unmeasurable, unmeasured, unnumbered, unplumbed,
unprecedented, unsearchable, untold, without bound, without end,
without limit, without measure, without number, wonderful,
wondrous
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