Irrecognizable
//ɪˈɹɛkə(ɡ)naɪzəbəl// adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 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."
Synonyms
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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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