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incomprehensible

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in⋅com⋅pre⋅hen⋅si⋅ble

  [in-kom-pri-hen-suh-buhl, in-kom-]
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–adjective
1. impossible to understand or comprehend; unintelligible.
2. Archaic. limitless; not limited or capable of being limited.
Origin:
1300–50; ME < L incomprehēnsibilis. See in- 3 , comprehensible

Related forms:
in⋅com⋅pre⋅hen⋅si⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, in⋅com⋅pre⋅hen⋅si⋅ble⋅ness, noun
in⋅com⋅pre⋅hen⋅si⋅bly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. baffling, bewildering, obscure.
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in·com·pre·hen·si·ble   (ĭn'kŏm-prĭ-hěn'sə-bəl, ĭn-kŏm'-)   
adj.  

    1. Difficult or impossible to understand or comprehend; unintelligible: incomprehensible jargon.

    2. Impossible to know or fathom: incomprehensible mysteries.

  2. Archaic Having no limits; boundless.

in'com·pre·hen'si·bil'i·ty, in'com·pre·hen'si·ble·ness n., in'com·pre·hen'si·bly adv.
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Word Origin & History

incomprehensible 
c.1340, from L. incomprehensibilis, from in- "not" + comprehensibilis (see comprehend).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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