Incognizable

adj

adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not cognizable; incapable of being recognised.

    "1658, Thomas Saintserf (translator), Entertainments of the Cours: or, Academical Conversations, compiled by Melchior de Marmet, London, p. 104, A dead Body is always incognizable, not only because it is ordinarily changed, but because it neither speaks, nor acts; and for that the qualities of its Soul, which we should know, are departed with her, and have left nothing but a trunk, and a lump without motion."

Adjective
  1. 1
    incapable of being perceived or known wordnet

Synonyms

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ableabstruseambiguousdenseenigmaticimpenetrable

Example

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"Because Tom just woke up, his speech is incognizable."

Etymology

From in- + cognizable.

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