acatalepticn.adj.

Brit.

/əˌkatəˈlɛptɪk/,

/ˌeɪkatəˈlɛptɪk/, U.S.

/ˌeɪˌkædlˈɛptɪk/,

/əˌkædlˈɛptɪk/

Forms: 1600s–1700s acataleptick, 1700s– acataleptic.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin acatalepticus.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin acatalepticus (1658 or earlier as adjective, 1678 or earlier as noun) < ancient Greek ἀκατάληπτος (see acatalepsy n.) + classical Latin -icus -ic suffix. Compare French acataleptique (1707 or earlier as noun, 1776 or earlier as adjective in sense B. 1). In sense B. 2 after French acataleptique (1777 (in the passage translated in quot. 1789) or earlier in this sense). Compare earlier acatalepsy n.

Chiefly Philosophy.

A. n.

An adherent of the doctrine of acatalepsy; a sceptic.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > ancient Greek philosophy > post-Socratic philosophy > [noun] > Greek scepticism > adherent of

Pyrrhonian1556

sceptic1587

Pyrrhonic1593

Pyrrhonist1598

Epochist1603

zetetic1658

New Academic1660

acataleptic1679

1679 T. Pierce Decad of Caveats to People Eng. 409 It is sufficient to convert even an Acataleptick, who holds that nothing is to be known, but that a man does know nothing.

1738 Bayle's Hist. & Crit. Dict. (ed. 2) V. Index 101/2 By what means Lactantius pretends to destroy all Philosophy..And particularly that of the Acataleptics.

1753 G. Anderson Estimate Profit & Loss Relig. iii. 64 Those that decide nothing, are either sceptics or acataleptics.

1791 W. Anderson Philos. Anc. Greece iv. ii. 198 It would be a gross contradiction to the account given of the Acataleptics, and of the rise of the Eristic sect, to form this imagination.

1878 C. P. Krauth Vocab. Philos. Sci. 11 All sceptics and Pyrrhonians were called acataleptics.

1922 B. De Casseres Chameleon 208 The doctrine of the Acataleptics was the doctrine of the incomprehensibility of things. Pyrrho is the supreme acataleptic among the ancients. Anatole France is the supreme acataleptic among the moderns.

1987 L. S. Joy Gassendi the Atomist iv. 78 Gassendi identified the Peripatetics as dogmatists, the Academics under Arcesilaus as acataleptics, and the Pyrrhonists as skeptics.

2010 Scotl. on Sunday (Nexis) 24 Jan. 4 Acataleptics deny it is possible to know anything for certain, even their own convictions. Or even that they are acataleptics in the first place.

B. adj.

1. Incomprehensible, unknowable.

ΘΚΠ

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

uncouthc897

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imperscrutablec1450

inscrutablec1450

inopinable?a1475

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unspectable?1504

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inexplicable1555

unsensible1555

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unfashionable1563

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ineffable1598

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incognoscible1691

thought-transcendinga1711

uncognizable1720

acataleptic1727

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elusive1751

impalpable1781

inaccessible1796

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trans-conscious1865

intangible1880

uncatchable1892

unspelt1892

unplumbable1895

unknowledgeable1920

indiscutable1933

1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Add. Coll. Acataleptick, incomprehensible.

1789 R. Sicklemore Saltinbanco i. ii. 7 I declare her behaviour is perfectly acataleptic.

1836 J. M. Horner Popery stripped of its Garb p. xiv We call upon them to propound their acataleptic and otherwise incomprehensible mystery.

1899 L. E. Scharkie War Drums 58 O science! truth! acataleptic—We dare not swallow half your tales—Egregious morals, and propounds dyspeptic.

1908 H. Elliot-Blake Med. Reform Meas. in Brit. Med. Jrnl. (1909) 6 Nov. 1351/1 The proceedings often amount to nothing but a lawyer's forum, with some acataleptic legal battledore and shuttlecock tactics.

2006 S. Obdrzalek in D. Sedley Oxf. Stud. Anc. Philos. 31 273 Philo goes so far as to claim that, while objects are acataleptic in relation to the Stoic criterion, they are cataleptic in their own natures.

2. Of or relating to acatalepsy; adhering to the doctrine of acatalepsy, sceptical.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > ancient Greek philosophy > [adjective] > of sceptic philosophy > of elements of

acataleptic1789

1789 T. Holcroft tr. Frederick II Corr. 107 If we consult the acataleptic sect [Fr. la secte acataleptique], we must acknowledge that, to the sight of man, most truths are impenetrable.

1817 Gospel Visitant Oct. 137 They resemble some disciples of the acataleptic, or incomprehensible school, among the ancients, who denied the reality of motion, because its existence would entirely refute their system.

1860 Amer. Jrnl. Educ. Mar. 223 Through an unholy, wrong, and wicked reason..comes..a doubt of all recognition of truth, a proud and cold acataleptic condition.

1960 Antioch Rev. 20 343 You may be agnostic, militantly sceptic, or even acataleptic.

2003 G. Mori in G. Paganini Return of Scepticism vi. 412 Bayle was not a Pyrrhonian..until the acataleptic crisis of the article on Pyrrho in the Dictionnaire.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	acataleptic
释义	acatalepticn.adj. Brit. /əˌkatəˈlɛptɪk/, /ˌeɪkatəˈlɛptɪk/, U.S. /ˌeɪˌkædlˈɛptɪk/, /əˌkædlˈɛptɪk/ Forms: 1600s–1700s acataleptick, 1700s– acataleptic. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin acatalepticus. Etymology: < post-classical Latin acatalepticus (1658 or earlier as adjective, 1678 or earlier as noun) < ancient Greek ἀκατάληπτος (see acatalepsy n.) + classical Latin -icus -ic suffix. Compare French acataleptique (1707 or earlier as noun, 1776 or earlier as adjective in sense B. 1). In sense B. 2 after French acataleptique (1777 (in the passage translated in quot. 1789) or earlier in this sense). Compare earlier acatalepsy n. Chiefly Philosophy. A. n. An adherent of the doctrine of acatalepsy; a sceptic. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > ancient Greek philosophy > post-Socratic philosophy > [noun] > Greek scepticism > adherent of Pyrrhonian1556 sceptic1587 Pyrrhonic1593 Pyrrhonist1598 Epochist1603 zetetic1658 New Academic1660 acataleptic1679 1679 T. Pierce Decad of Caveats to People Eng. 409 It is sufficient to convert even an Acataleptick, who holds that nothing is to be known, but that a man does know nothing. 1738 Bayle's Hist. & Crit. Dict. (ed. 2) V. Index 101/2 By what means Lactantius pretends to destroy all Philosophy..And particularly that of the Acataleptics. 1753 G. Anderson Estimate Profit & Loss Relig. iii. 64 Those that decide nothing, are either sceptics or acataleptics. 1791 W. Anderson Philos. Anc. Greece iv. ii. 198 It would be a gross contradiction to the account given of the Acataleptics, and of the rise of the Eristic sect, to form this imagination. 1878 C. P. Krauth Vocab. Philos. Sci. 11 All sceptics and Pyrrhonians were called acataleptics. 1922 B. De Casseres Chameleon 208 The doctrine of the Acataleptics was the doctrine of the incomprehensibility of things. Pyrrho is the supreme acataleptic among the ancients. Anatole France is the supreme acataleptic among the moderns. 1987 L. S. Joy Gassendi the Atomist iv. 78 Gassendi identified the Peripatetics as dogmatists, the Academics under Arcesilaus as acataleptics, and the Pyrrhonists as skeptics. 2010 Scotl. on Sunday (Nexis) 24 Jan. 4 Acataleptics deny it is possible to know anything for certain, even their own convictions. Or even that they are acataleptics in the first place. B. adj. 1. Incomprehensible, unknowable. 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 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Add. Coll. Acataleptick, incomprehensible. 1789 R. Sicklemore Saltinbanco i. ii. 7 I declare her behaviour is perfectly acataleptic. 1836 J. M. Horner Popery stripped of its Garb p. xiv We call upon them to propound their acataleptic and otherwise incomprehensible mystery. 1899 L. E. Scharkie War Drums 58 O science! truth! acataleptic—We dare not swallow half your tales—Egregious morals, and propounds dyspeptic. 1908 H. Elliot-Blake Med. Reform Meas. in Brit. Med. Jrnl. (1909) 6 Nov. 1351/1 The proceedings often amount to nothing but a lawyer's forum, with some acataleptic legal battledore and shuttlecock tactics. 2006 S. Obdrzalek in D. Sedley Oxf. Stud. Anc. Philos. 31 273 Philo goes so far as to claim that, while objects are acataleptic in relation to the Stoic criterion, they are cataleptic in their own natures. 2. Of or relating to acatalepsy; adhering to the doctrine of acatalepsy, sceptical. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > ancient Greek philosophy > [adjective] > of sceptic philosophy > of elements of acataleptic1789 1789 T. Holcroft tr. Frederick II Corr. 107 If we consult the acataleptic sect [Fr. la secte acataleptique], we must acknowledge that, to the sight of man, most truths are impenetrable. 1817 Gospel Visitant Oct. 137 They resemble some disciples of the acataleptic, or incomprehensible school, among the ancients, who denied the reality of motion, because its existence would entirely refute their system. 1860 Amer. Jrnl. Educ. Mar. 223 Through an unholy, wrong, and wicked reason..comes..a doubt of all recognition of truth, a proud and cold acataleptic condition. 1960 Antioch Rev. 20 343 You may be agnostic, militantly sceptic, or even acataleptic. 2003 G. Mori in G. Paganini Return of Scepticism vi. 412 Bayle was not a Pyrrhonian..until the acataleptic crisis of the article on Pyrrho in the Dictionnaire. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.adj.1679
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