† undiscernableadj.
Obsolete.
= undiscernible adj. (Common in 17th cent.)
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > invisibility > [adjective]
unseyenlyc1175
unsenec1200
unseeinga1300
invisible1340
unperceptiblea1398
unseeablea1400
unvisiblec1402
unsightablea1420
unsightyc1440
unperceivable?a1475
unsightfulc1480
imperceptible1536
secret1559
sightless1586
undiscernable1586
invised1609
viewlessa1616
imperceivablea1617
unspiablea1618
inconspicuous1624
undiscernible1624
inconspicablea1652
imperspicable1664
unperceptable1678
imperceptive1722
the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > ability to be perceived by senses > [adjective] > (naturally) imperceptible to senses
unperceptiblea1398
unperceivable?a1475
imperceptible1536
undiscernable1586
imperceivablea1617
undiscernible1624
occult1650
unperceptable1678
imperceptive1722
supersensible1795
subsensible1858
supersensory1883
1586 R. Hooker Disc. Justif. §23 I doe not meane..that building vndiscernable by mortall eyes,..but I speake of the visible Church.
a1634 W. Austin Devotionis Augustinianæ Flamma (1635) 139 Let us (then) not will, or strive to ascend to Honour..by secret and undiscernable meanes.
1656 H. Jeanes Treat. Fulnesse of Christ 229 in Mixture Scholasticall Divinity If we take but a drop of the sea, it makes some diminution, though it be unsensible, and undiscernable.
1710 Tatler No. 205. ⁋5 How undiscernable [is] the Transition from one to the other!
1794 G. Adams Lect. Nat. & Exper. Philos. IV. xliii. 207 The primordial threads, or first principle of the texture, are utterly undiscernable.
Derivatives
Obsolete.† undiˈscernableness n. Obsolete
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > invisibility > [noun]
invisibleness1530
invisibility1561
unperceivableness1611
unvisibleness1611
imperceptibility1612
inconspicuousness1624
undiscernibleness1645
undiscernableness1646
imperceptiveness1662
imperceivableness1666
imperceptibleness1673
imperceptivitya1680
the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > ability to be perceived by senses > [noun] > quality of being imperceptible to senses
unperceivableness1611
imperceptibility1612
insensibility1635
undiscernibleness1645
undiscernableness1646
imperceptiveness1662
imperceivableness1666
imperceptibleness1673
imperceptivitya1680
1646 H. Hammond View Exceptions to Visct. Falkland's Disc. Infallibilitie 141 Your answer to the undiscernablenesse of errours.
1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 536 Compared with which..the Stateliest Pallaces lessen into undiscernablenesse.
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