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INCREDIBLE

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in⋅cred⋅i⋅ble

  [in-kred-uh-buhl]
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–adjective
1. so extraordinary as to seem impossible: incredible speed.
2. not credible; hard to believe; unbelievable: The plot of the book is incredible.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME < L incrēdibilis. See in- 3 , credible

Related forms:
in⋅cred⋅i⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, in⋅cred⋅i⋅ble⋅ness, noun
in⋅cred⋅i⋅bly, adverb

Synonyms:
2. farfetched, astonishing, preposterous.
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in·cred·i·ble   (ĭn-krěd'ə-bəl)   
adj.  

  1. So implausible as to elicit disbelief: gave an incredible explanation of the cause of the accident.

  2. Astonishing: dressed with incredible speed.


[Middle English, from Latin incrēdibilis : in-, not; see in-1 + crēdibilis, believable; see credible.]
in·cred'i·bil'i·ty, in·cred'i·ble·ness n., in·cred'i·bly adv.
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Word Origin & History

incredible 
1412, from L. incredibilis "that cannot be believed," from in- "not" + credibilis "worthy of belief" (see credit). Incredulity "disbelieving frame of mind" first attested 1430; incredulous "unbelieving" is from 1579.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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