incomprehensibleadj.n.

/ɪnkɒmprɪˈhɛnsɪb(ə)l/

Etymology: < Latin incomprehensibilis, < in- (in- prefix⁴) + comprehensibilis comprehensible adj. Compare French incompréhensible (13–14th cent. in Littré).

A. adj.

1. That cannot be contained or circumscribed within limits; illimitable, boundless, infinite; immense. (Chiefly Theology) archaic. (Now chiefly in allusions to the use in the Athanasian Creed.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > infiniteness > [adjective] > that cannot be circumscribed

incomprehensiblea1340

interminablec1374

indeterminable1486

uncompassable?1536

incircumscriptible1550

unlimitable1576

uncircumscriptible1577

immensible1579

illimitable1596

uncircumscribable1608

abyssal1609

unboundable1622

undeterminable1633

indefinible1652

unterminablea1677

exterminable1813

the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > nature or attributes of God > [adjective] > incomprehensible

incomprehensiblea1340

a1340 R. Rolle Psalter cxliv. 3 He is incomprehensibil, for na stede na thoght may vmlouke him, bot all he passis.

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Jer. xxxii. 19 Gret in counseil, and incomprehensible in thenking.

a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 95 We cal to hym who by hys incomperabul gudnes & incomprehensybyl wisdome made..& rulyth al thyngys.

1549 Bk. Common Prayer (STC 16267) Euensong f. vi The father incomprehensible [L. immensus], the sonne incomprehensible: and the holy gost incomprehensible.

1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden sig. F2^v He is asham'd of the incomprehensible corpulencie thereof [sc. of his book].

1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 i. ii. 183 The vertue of this ieast wil be the incomprehensible lies, that this same fat rogue wil tel vs when we meet at supper.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost viii. 20 The Firmament..And all her numberd Starrs, that seem to rowle Spaces incomprehensible .

1772 J. Priestley Inst. Relig. (1782) II. 113 The incomprehensible greatness and perfection of the divine being.

1865 Morning Star 23 May The principal word in this well-abused creed..is ‘immensus’, translated ‘incomprehensible’.

a. That cannot be grasped by the understanding; beyond the reach of intellect or research; unfathomable by the mind. Obsolete or archaic except as in A. 2b.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > unintelligibility > [adjective]

uncouthc897

unnimlyc1225

incomprehensiblea1340

unsearchablec1384

unknowable?c1400

investigablea1425

uncomprehensiblea1425

unthinkablec1445

imperscrutablec1450

inscrutablec1450

inopinable?a1475

incomprenable1502

unspectable?1504

incogitablec1522

uncogitable1529

impenetrable1531

inimaginable1534

inexplicable1555

unsensible1555

unscrutable1562

unfashionable1563

unpenetrable1581

unexcogitable1592

ineffable1598

inexcogitable1599

indivinable1603

ininvestigable1604

incapable1605

searchless?1606

uncomprehensive1609

unconceivable1611

undivinable1611

unimaginable1611

unexplicable1615

unintelligible1616

unapprehensible?1617

unfathomable1617

imprehensible1622

ununderstandablea1631

indeprehensible1633

indiscernible1635

inscrute1639

inapprehensiblea1641

indiscoverable1640

unexaminable1641

impervestigable1643

fathomless1645

inconceivable1646

indeterminable1646

inexplorable1646

insearchable1647

incomprehended1652

comprehendlessa1654

incomprehensive1656

untraceable1661

uninvestigablea1677

unintelligent1683

incognoscible1691

thought-transcendinga1711

uncognizable1720

acataleptic1727

undescriptive1744

elusive1751

impalpable1781

inaccessible1796

unconjecturable1806

uncognoscible1821

unascertainable1827

unfixable1831

unguessable1832

unrealizable1832

unsurveyable1833

hard-shelled1835

unintellective1837

undeemed1845

graspless1849

unconjectured1850

incognizable1852

ungraspable1853

unreadable1853

super-cerebral1854

elusory1856

trans-conscious1865

intangible1880

uncatchable1892

unspelt1892

unplumbable1895

unknowledgeable1920

indiscutable1933

a1340 R. Rolle Psalter cxxxviii. 5 Incomprehensibile it is made for my syn, swa that .i. may neuer wyn til contemplacioun of the thorgh my myght.

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Rom. xi. 33 Hou incomprehensyble ben his domes, and his weyis vnserchable.

R. Misyn tr. R. Rolle Fire of Love 14 He treuly knawes god parfitly, þat hym felys incomprehensibyll & vnabyl to be knawen.

1526 Bible (Tyndale) Rom. xi. 33 Howe incomprehensible are his iudgementes.

1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan i. viii. 39 Incident to none but those, that converse in questions of matters incomprehensible.

1738 W. Warburton Divine Legation Moses I. 211 A God whose essence indeed was incomprehensible, but his attributes..discoverable by human reason.

b. In weaker or more general sense: That cannot be understood; inconceivable, unintelligible.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > unintelligibility > inexplicableness > [adjective]

unplitable?c1425

unexplicable1532

inexplicable1546

subtle1547

irresolute1574

subtile1582

undissoluble1587

incomprehensible1604

unexpoundable1611

unfoldable1611

inexplainable1623

unsalvable1624

uninterpretable1625

indissolvable1637

unaccountable1643

inaccountable1647

unexplainablea1711

undecipherable1757

irresolvable1785

indecipherable1853

unconstruable1856

inconstruable1874

unravellable1881

the mind > mental capacity > belief > disbelief, incredulity > [adjective] > unbelievable

unlevelyOE

untrowablea1382

incredible1412

unbelievedc1425

inopinable?a1475

unbelievable1548

discredible1580

too good to be true1580

incomprehensible1604

incredulousa1616

intestablea1631

inconceivable1646

unpersuasive1651

inconceptiblea1676

1604 R. Cawdrey Table Alphabet. Incomprehensible, that cannot be conceiued, or vnderstood.

1638 R. Baker tr. J. L. G. de Balzac New Epist. II. 217 The carriage at Cazal, is a thing incomprehensible.

1719 W. Wood Surv. Trade (ed. 2) 299 For so many to believe it redounds to the Good of this Kingdom..is to me incomprehensible.

1861 C. Dickens Great Expectations I. ix. 138 She was perfectly incomprehensible to me.

1884 L. Davies in Contemp. Rev. Mar. 306 He must be looked at as a ‘prophet’, or be put aside as an incomprehensible fanatic.

†3. That cannot be grasped or taken hold of (physically); incapable of being caught (quot. 1607); impalpable. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > absence of movement > hold or holding > [adjective] > seizing or laying hold > not able to be grasped

incomprehensible1607

1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 146 Iupiter to auoid confusion, turned both the incomprehensible beasts into stones.

1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy i. ii. i. ii. 69 That the Diuell being a slender incomprehensible spirit, can easily insinuate and winde himselfe into humane bodies.

1745 tr. L. J. M. Columella Of Husbandry x. Pref. Of the incomprehensible smallness of sand a rope cannot be made.

B. n.

An incomprehensible thing or being (in sense A. 1 or A. 2a).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > unintelligibility > [noun] > instance of

lock1563

incomprehensibility1651

inscrutables1665

incomprehensible1678

inconceivable1706

I know not what1711

unknowable1725

unsearchable1725

indefinable1810

a sealed book1814

unknowable1816

unintelligible1838

inconceivability1851

imponderable1855

inscrutablenessa1864

unfathomability1867

unthinkable1871

closed book1913

intangible1914

imponderabilia1925

generation gap1962

1549 Bk. Common Prayer (STC 16267) Euensong f. vi^v There be not three incomprehensibles, nor three vncreated: but one vncreated, and one incomprehensible.]

1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. ii. 63 That Notion..is nothing but a Bundle of Incomprehensibles, Unconceivables, and Impossibles.

a1711 T. Ken Hymnarium 18 in Wks. (1721) II. In the Incomprehensible I rest, By humble Ignorance we know the Godhead best.

1856 P. E. Dove Logic Christian Faith Introd. §5. 12 The incomprehensibles are the absolute and the infinite (to which in a secondary sense may be added the primary and the ultimate).

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	incomprehensible
释义	incomprehensibleadj.n. /ɪnkɒmprɪˈhɛnsɪb(ə)l/ Etymology: < Latin incomprehensibilis, < in- (in- prefix⁴) + comprehensibilis comprehensible adj. Compare French incompréhensible (13–14th cent. in Littré). A. adj. 1. That cannot be contained or circumscribed within limits; illimitable, boundless, infinite; immense. (Chiefly Theology) archaic. (Now chiefly in allusions to the use in the Athanasian Creed.) ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > infiniteness > [adjective] > that cannot be circumscribed incomprehensiblea1340 interminablec1374 indeterminable1486 uncompassable?1536 incircumscriptible1550 unlimitable1576 uncircumscriptible1577 immensible1579 illimitable1596 uncircumscribable1608 abyssal1609 unboundable1622 undeterminable1633 indefinible1652 unterminablea1677 exterminable1813 the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > nature or attributes of God > [adjective] > incomprehensible incomprehensiblea1340 a1340 R. Rolle Psalter cxliv. 3 He is incomprehensibil, for na stede na thoght may vmlouke him, bot all he passis. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Jer. xxxii. 19 Gret in counseil, and incomprehensible in thenking. a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 95 We cal to hym who by hys incomperabul gudnes & incomprehensybyl wisdome made..& rulyth al thyngys. 1549 Bk. Common Prayer (STC 16267) Euensong f. vi The father incomprehensible [L. immensus], the sonne incomprehensible: and the holy gost incomprehensible. 1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden sig. F2^v He is asham'd of the incomprehensible corpulencie thereof [sc. of his book]. 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 i. ii. 183 The vertue of this ieast wil be the incomprehensible lies, that this same fat rogue wil tel vs when we meet at supper. View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost viii. 20 The Firmament..And all her numberd Starrs, that seem to rowle Spaces incomprehensible . View more context for this quotation 1772 J. Priestley Inst. Relig. (1782) II. 113 The incomprehensible greatness and perfection of the divine being. 1865 Morning Star 23 May The principal word in this well-abused creed..is ‘immensus’, translated ‘incomprehensible’. 2. a. That cannot be grasped by the understanding; beyond the reach of intellect or research; unfathomable by the mind. Obsolete or archaic except as in A. 2b. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > unintelligibility > [adjective] uncouthc897 unnimlyc1225 incomprehensiblea1340 unsearchablec1384 unknowable?c1400 investigablea1425 uncomprehensiblea1425 unthinkablec1445 imperscrutablec1450 inscrutablec1450 inopinable?a1475 incomprenable1502 unspectable?1504 incogitablec1522 uncogitable1529 impenetrable1531 inimaginable1534 inexplicable1555 unsensible1555 unscrutable1562 unfashionable1563 unpenetrable1581 unexcogitable1592 ineffable1598 inexcogitable1599 indivinable1603 ininvestigable1604 incapable1605 searchless?1606 uncomprehensive1609 unconceivable1611 undivinable1611 unimaginable1611 unexplicable1615 unintelligible1616 unapprehensible?1617 unfathomable1617 imprehensible1622 ununderstandablea1631 indeprehensible1633 indiscernible1635 inscrute1639 inapprehensiblea1641 indiscoverable1640 unexaminable1641 impervestigable1643 fathomless1645 inconceivable1646 indeterminable1646 inexplorable1646 insearchable1647 incomprehended1652 comprehendlessa1654 incomprehensive1656 untraceable1661 uninvestigablea1677 unintelligent1683 incognoscible1691 thought-transcendinga1711 uncognizable1720 acataleptic1727 undescriptive1744 elusive1751 impalpable1781 inaccessible1796 unconjecturable1806 uncognoscible1821 unascertainable1827 unfixable1831 unguessable1832 unrealizable1832 unsurveyable1833 hard-shelled1835 unintellective1837 undeemed1845 graspless1849 unconjectured1850 incognizable1852 ungraspable1853 unreadable1853 super-cerebral1854 elusory1856 trans-conscious1865 intangible1880 uncatchable1892 unspelt1892 unplumbable1895 unknowledgeable1920 indiscutable1933 a1340 R. Rolle Psalter cxxxviii. 5 Incomprehensibile it is made for my syn, swa that .i. may neuer wyn til contemplacioun of the thorgh my myght. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Rom. xi. 33 Hou incomprehensyble ben his domes, and his weyis vnserchable. R. Misyn tr. R. Rolle Fire of Love 14 He treuly knawes god parfitly, þat hym felys incomprehensibyll & vnabyl to be knawen. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Rom. xi. 33 Howe incomprehensible are his iudgementes. 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan i. viii. 39 Incident to none but those, that converse in questions of matters incomprehensible. 1738 W. Warburton Divine Legation Moses I. 211 A God whose essence indeed was incomprehensible, but his attributes..discoverable by human reason. b. In weaker or more general sense: That cannot be understood; inconceivable, unintelligible. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > unintelligibility > inexplicableness > [adjective] unplitable?c1425 unexplicable1532 inexplicable1546 subtle1547 irresolute1574 subtile1582 undissoluble1587 incomprehensible1604 unexpoundable1611 unfoldable1611 inexplainable1623 unsalvable1624 uninterpretable1625 indissolvable1637 unaccountable1643 inaccountable1647 unexplainablea1711 undecipherable1757 irresolvable1785 indecipherable1853 unconstruable1856 inconstruable1874 unravellable1881 the mind > mental capacity > belief > disbelief, incredulity > [adjective] > unbelievable unlevelyOE untrowablea1382 incredible1412 unbelievedc1425 inopinable?a1475 unbelievable1548 discredible1580 too good to be true1580 incomprehensible1604 incredulousa1616 intestablea1631 inconceivable1646 unpersuasive1651 inconceptiblea1676 1604 R. Cawdrey Table Alphabet. Incomprehensible, that cannot be conceiued, or vnderstood. 1638 R. Baker tr. J. L. G. de Balzac New Epist. II. 217 The carriage at Cazal, is a thing incomprehensible. 1719 W. Wood Surv. Trade (ed. 2) 299 For so many to believe it redounds to the Good of this Kingdom..is to me incomprehensible. 1861 C. Dickens Great Expectations I. ix. 138 She was perfectly incomprehensible to me. 1884 L. Davies in Contemp. Rev. Mar. 306 He must be looked at as a ‘prophet’, or be put aside as an incomprehensible fanatic. †3. That cannot be grasped or taken hold of (physically); incapable of being caught (quot. 1607); impalpable. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > absence of movement > hold or holding > [adjective] > seizing or laying hold > not able to be grasped incomprehensible1607 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 146 Iupiter to auoid confusion, turned both the incomprehensible beasts into stones. 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy i. ii. i. ii. 69 That the Diuell being a slender incomprehensible spirit, can easily insinuate and winde himselfe into humane bodies. 1745 tr. L. J. M. Columella Of Husbandry x. Pref. Of the incomprehensible smallness of sand a rope cannot be made. B. n. An incomprehensible thing or being (in sense A. 1 or A. 2a). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > unintelligibility > [noun] > instance of lock1563 incomprehensibility1651 inscrutables1665 incomprehensible1678 inconceivable1706 I know not what1711 unknowable1725 unsearchable1725 indefinable1810 a sealed book1814 unknowable1816 unintelligible1838 inconceivability1851 imponderable1855 inscrutablenessa1864 unfathomability1867 unthinkable1871 closed book1913 intangible1914 imponderabilia1925 generation gap1962 1549 Bk. Common Prayer (STC 16267) Euensong f. vi^v There be not three incomprehensibles, nor three vncreated: but one vncreated, and one incomprehensible.] 1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. ii. 63 That Notion..is nothing but a Bundle of Incomprehensibles, Unconceivables, and Impossibles. a1711 T. Ken Hymnarium 18 in Wks. (1721) II. In the Incomprehensible I rest, By humble Ignorance we know the Godhead best. 1856 P. E. Dove Logic Christian Faith Introd. §5. 12 The incomprehensibles are the absolute and the infinite (to which in a secondary sense may be added the primary and the ultimate). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < adj.n.a1340
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