incomprehensible

== English == === Etymology === From Middle French incomprehensible, from Latin incomprehensibilis. Equivalent to in- +‎ comprehensible. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (UK) /ɪnˌkɒmpɹɪˈhɛnsɪb(ə)l/, (UK) /ɪŋˌkɒmpɹɪˈhɛnsɪb(ə)l/ IPA(key): (US) /ɪnˌkɑmpɹəˈhɛnsɪb(ə)l/, (US) /ɪŋˌkɑmpɹəˈhɛnsɪb(ə)l/ === Adjective === incomprehensible (comparative more incomprehensible, superlative most incomprehensible) Impossible or very difficult to understand. 1904-09, Mark Twain, Letters from the Earth, published 1962 But this inference, which is supported by the opening of Book I, renders incomprehensible the note "and I have finished writing this," which is included within the dream. (theology or literary) Which cannot be contained; boundless, infinite. ==== Synonyms ==== fathomless, unfathomable, unintelligible; See also Thesaurus:incomprehensible ==== Antonyms ==== comprehensible, understandable; See also Thesaurus:comprehensible ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== incomprehension ==== Translations ==== === Noun === incomprehensible (plural incomprehensibles) Anything that is beyond understanding. ==== Translations ==== ==== Further reading ==== “incomprehensible”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “incomprehensible”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. == Middle French == === Etymology === First known attestation 1314, borrowed from Latin incomprehensibilis. === Adjective === incomprehensible m or f (plural incomprehensibles) incomprehensible ==== Descendants ==== → English: incomprehensible === References ===