inexplicable
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inexplicable
- /ˌɪn.ɪkˈsplɪ.kə.bl̩/
- /ɪnˈɛk.splɪ.kə.bəl/
Where it comes from
From Middle English inexplicable, from Middle French inexplicable, from Latin inexplicābilis, from in- (“not”) + explicābilis (“explicable”). By surface analysis, in- + explicable.
adjective more inexplicable · most inexplicable · unexplicable
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Impossible to explain; not easily accounted for.
The year 1866 was signalised by a remarkable incident, a mysterious and inexplicable phenomenon, which doubtless no one has yet forgotten.
Similar: inexplainable, unexplainable, insoluble, abstruse, Chinese, dense, enigmatic, fathomless, bottomless, Greek, inapprehensible, incognizable · Opposite: explicable, apprehensible, clear, limpid, comprehensible, explainable, explicatable, fathomable, graspable, illuminable, intelligible, lucid
noun inexplicables · unexplicable
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Something that is impossible to explain.
HEE [Cleanthes] left behind him (ſaith [Diogenes] Laertius) theſe excellent Books. […] Of Inexplicables.
Similar: inexplicability
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: unaccountable, incomprehensible, unexplainable, unexplained, inscrutable, mysterious, cryptical, cryptic, mystifying, paradoxical, self-contradictory, deep, unfathomable, unimaginable, unthinkable, inconceivable
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adj impossible to explain
| Español | inexplicable |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 불가해하다 bulgahaehada, 설명할 수 없다 seolmyeonghal su eopda |
| 日本語 | 割り切れない warikirenai, 不可解な fukakai na, 説明がつかない setsumei ga tsukanai |
| 中文 | 不能說明的 /不能说明的 bùnéng shuōmíng de |
| Português | inexplicável |
| Français | inexplicable |
| Deutsch | unerklärlich |
| Italiano | inspiegabile, incomprensibile, inesplicabile |
| Ελληνικά | ανεξήγητος anexígitos |
| Română | inexplicabil, neexplicabil |
| Русский | необъясни́мый neobʺjasnímyj |
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title = {inexplicable},
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