incognoscible
incognoscible adjective: not capable of being known; incomprehensible.
Adjective
incognoscible (comparative more incognoscible, superlative most incognoscible)
- Not capable of being known; incomprehensible.
- 6. The state of the law rendered more and more incognoscible. By wrapping up the real dispositions of the law in a covering of nonsense, the knowledge of it is rendered impossible to the bulk of the people.1827, Jeremy Bentham, Rationale of Judicial Evidence, vol. 4, book 8, ch. 18
- Regarded in this light, the idea of Polarity . . . has nothing to do with the fancy of Terrestrial Magnets, with Hypotheses concerning impalpable and incognoscible Fluids, with Atoms having Poles, or with doctrines concerning Ethereal vibrations.1860, John Pringle Nichol, A Cyclopædia of the Physical Sciences, Charles Griffin and Co., page 671
- Synonyms:
- unknowable
Examples of incognoscible in a sentence
- I freely admit the existence of a poisoned condition of the system from without by an invisible and hitherto incognoscible something.1868, Thomas Skinner, “How Shall We Treat Cholera?”, in British Medical Journal, volume 2, page 235:
- The still small voice of conscience and the sense of beauty are direct messages from the incognoscible Beyond.1926, Burnett Hillman Streeter, Reality: A New Correlation of Science and Religion, Macmillan, page 113:
- [W]e agree that certain aspects, which appear in our material world, have their origin from some incognoscible transcendence.2010, Constantin Portelli, A Unique God, A Universal Religion, →ISBN, page 6:
Synonyms of incognoscible
Forms of incognoscible
| comparative | more incognoscible |
|---|---|
| superlative | most incognoscible |
Origin of incognoscible
From in- + cognoscible.
Words formed from incognoscible
Questions about incognoscible
- What does incognoscible mean?
- Incognoscible means not capable of being known; incomprehensible.
- How do you use incognoscible in a sentence?
- I freely admit the existence of a poisoned condition of the system from without by an invisible and hitherto incognoscible something.
- What part of speech is incognoscible?
- Incognoscible is an adjective.
Words near incognoscible in the dictionary
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