Dictionary entry

Incomprehensible

Webster's Dictionary 1913

In‐com′pre‐hen″si‐ble (?), a. [L. incomprehensibilis: cf. F. incompréhensible. See In- not, and Comprehensible.]

1. Not capable of being contained within limits.

An infinite and incomprehensible substance. Hooker.

2. Not capable of being comprehended or understood; beyond the reach of the human intellect; inconceivable.

And all her numbered stars that seem to roll

Spaces incomprehensible. Milton.

— In‐com′pre‐hen″si‐ble‐ness, n. — In‐com′pre‐hen″si‐bly, adv.