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Inexplicability

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The state of being difficult to account for; the state of being inexplicable. uncountable

    "[T]he inexplicability of the general’s conduct dwelt much on her thoughts."

  2. 2
    Something that is inexplicable. countable

    "Both mother and daughter now fell into a train of painful perplexity and conjecture. Lady Delamore had long thought Mrs. Fermor’s carrying Mary off to town without permitting her to say adieu at Delamore Castle, detaining her so long there, and lady Frances Harcourt joining their mysterious party in town, very strange; while Mary’s short and formally restrained letters surprised and grieved her, now more inexplicabilities were added to the former, and what could all mean?"

Etymology

From inexplicable + -ity.

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