Irrecognizable

//ɪˈɹɛkə(ɡ)naɪzəbəl// adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Unable to be recognized. archaic, not-comparable, rare

    "The immortal gods are there (quite irrecognizable under these disguises), and also the lowest broken valets."

Example

More examples

"He went to the flat of one of his schoolfellows and came out, an hour later, irrecognizable, rigged out as an Englishman of thirty, in a brown check suit, with knickerbockers, woolen stockings and a cap, a high-colored complexion and a red wig."

Etymology

From ir- + recognizable.

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