- incomprehensible
- adjective /ɪnkɑmprəhɛnsɪbəl/impossible or very difficult to understand
He shook his head. Its not only undefined, its incomprehensible. Even the QL is befuddled by it and cant give me straight answers.
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incompréhensible — [ ɛ̃kɔ̃preɑ̃sibl ] adj. • XIVe; lat. incomprehensibilis 1 ♦ Qui ne peut être compris; dont la pensée ne peut saisir l essence. ⇒ inconcevable. La nature de Dieu « est immense, incompréhensible et infinie » (Descartes). L homme est un « monstre… … Encyclopédie Universelle
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 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
incomprehensible — Incomprehensible. adj. de tout genre. Inconcevable, qui ne peut estre compris. Dieu est incomprehensible. les voyes de Dieu sont incomprehensibles. On dit qu Un homme, qu une femme sont incomprehensibles, quand ils ont des manieres… … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
incomprehensible — [in käm΄prē hen′sə bəl, in käm΄prihen′sə bəl] adj. [ME < OFr or L: OFr incompréhensible < L incomprehensibilis] 1. not comprehensible; that cannot be understood; obscure or unintelligible 2. Archaic illimitable incomprehensibility n.… … English World dictionary
incomprehensible — I adjective abstruse, acroamatic, acroamatical, acroatic, ambiguous, beyond comprehension, concealed, dark, deep, difficult to comprehend, dim, enigmatic, enigmatical, esoteric, fathomless, hard to understand, hidden, impenetrable, impossible to… … Law dictionary
incomprehensible — (adj.) mid 14c., from L. incomprehensibilis, from in not (see IN (Cf. in ) (1)) + comprehensibilis (see COMPREHENSIBLE (Cf. comprehensible)) … Etymology dictionary
incomprehensible — [adj] not understandable baffling, beats me*, beyond comprehension, beyond one’s grasp*, clear as mud*, cryptic, Delphic*, enigmatic, fathomless, Greek*, impenetrable, incognizable, inconceivable, inscrutable, mysterious, mystifying, obscure,… … New thesaurus
incomprehensible — Incomprehensible, Incomprehensibilis … Thresor de la langue françoyse
incomprehensible — (Del lat. incomprehensibĭlis). adj. incomprensible … Diccionario de la lengua española
incomprehensible — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ not able to be understood. DERIVATIVES incomprehensibility noun incomprehensibly adverb incomprehension noun … English terms dictionary
incompréhensible — (in kon pré an si bl ) adj. 1° Qui ne peut être compris. • Sachant que ma nature est extrêmement faible et limitée et que celle de Dieu au contraire est immense, incompréhensible et infinie, DESC. Médit. IV, 5. • C est lui [Dieu] qui fait… … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
