Meanings
- uncountableThe state of being incomprehensible.
She liked being reminded of the incomprehensibleness of the world.
2021, Rivers Solomon, Sorrowland, #Merky Books, page 212Synonyms: incomprehensibility
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe state of being incomprehensible.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Italic*n̥-
- Latinin-
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
- Proto-Italic*kom
- Proto-Italic*kom-
- Latincon-
- Proto-Indo-European*per-
- Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*préh₂i?
- Proto-Italic*prai
- Proto-Italic*prai-
- Proto-Indo-European*gʰed-
- Proto-Indo-European*gʰnédti
- Proto-Italic*hendō
- Proto-Italic*praiɣendō
- Latinprehendō
- Latincomprehendō
- Latincomprehēnsibilis
- Latinincomprehēnsibili
- Middle Frenchincomprehensible
- Englishincomprehensible
- Englishincomprehensibleness
From incomprehensible + -ness.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
German Unverständlichkeit
- Unverständlichkeitthe state of being incomprehensible
Cite this entry
incomprehensibleness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/incomprehensibleness
“incomprehensibleness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/incomprehensibleness. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “incomprehensibleness,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/incomprehensibleness.
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