incogitable

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adjective

Not cogitable; inconceivable.

Scrabble 16

Meanings

adjectiveincogitable (comparative more incogitable, superlative most incogitable)

comparative more incogitable · superlative most incogitable

  1. Not cogitable; inconceivable.

    And if thou for thy parte ſhalte endeuoyre to aryſe out of the darkneſſe and troubles of the ſenſuall powers⸝ he [God] wyll come agaynſte the [thee] pleſauntly ⁊ for thy profyte⸝ out of his lyght inacceſſyble⸝ and out of that noble ſcylẽce [silence] incogytable: […]

    1533 November 25 (Gregorian calendar), Erasmus of Roterdame, “The Fyfth Rule”, in [William Tyndale], transl., A Booke Called in Latyn Enchiridion Militis Christiani⸝ and in Englysshe The Manuell of the Christen Knyght⸝ […], London: […] Wynkyn de Worde⸝ for Johan Byddell⸝ otherwyse Salisbury⸝ […], →OCLC, signature [L.v.], recto

    Synonyms: uncogitable, inconceivable · Antonyms: cogitable, conceivable

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveNot cogitable; inconceivable.

Origin

  1. Latinincogitabilis
  2. Englishincogitable

From Latin incogitabilis, from in- (“not”) + cogitabilis (“cogitable”).

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