in communicable
kəˈmyu adjective
1.
incapable of being communicated, imparted, shared, etc.
2.
not communicative; taciturn.
Related forms
in·com·mu·ni·ca·bil·i·ty, in·com·mu·ni·ca·ble·ness, noun
in·com·mu·ni·ca·bly, adverb
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incommunicable (ˌɪnkəˈmjuːnɪkəbəl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | incapable of being communicated |
| 2. | an obsolete word for incommunicative |
| incommunica'bility | |
| —n | |
| incom'municableness | |
| —n | |
| incom'municably | |
| —adv | |
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In communicable
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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Word Origin & History
incommunicable
1568, "not communicative," from in- "not" + communicable (see communication). Sense of "not able to be communicated" first recorded 1577.
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