Meanings
adjectiveacataleptic (comparative more acataleptic, superlative most acataleptic)
comparative more acataleptic · superlative most acataleptic
- Incapable of being comprehended; incomprehensible; inconceivable.
Origin
- Ancient Greekἀκατάληπτος“incomprehensible”
- Latinacatalēpticus
- Englishacataleptic
From Latin acatalēpticus, from Ancient Greek ἀκατάληπτος (akatálēptos, “incomprehensible”), from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + καταλαμβάνω (katalambánō, “to seize”), from κατά (katá, “against”) + λαμβάνω (lambánō, “to take”).
More words from Latin, Ancient Greek
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek ἀκατάληπτος
- ἀκατάληπτος (akatálēptos)incapable of being comprehended
Latin acatalēpticus
- acatalēpticusincapable of being comprehended
Portuguese acataléptico
- acatalépticoincapable of being comprehended
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