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Acataleptic

A-catˊa-lep′tic

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Adj.
[Gr. [GREEK].]
Incapable of being comprehended; incomprehensible.

Definition 2024

acataleptic

acataleptic

English

Adjective

acataleptic ‎(comparative more acataleptic, superlative most acataleptic)

  1. Incapable of being comprehended; incomprehensible; inconceivable.

Translations

Noun

acataleptic ‎(plural acataleptics)

  1. An adherent of acatalepsy

Etymology

From Latin acatalēpticus, from Ancient Greek ἀκατάληπτος ‎(akatálēptos, “incomprehensible”), from ἀ- ‎(a-, “not”) + καταλαμβάνω ‎(katalambánō, “I seize”), from κατά ‎(katá, “against”) + λαμβάνω ‎(lambánō, “I take”).

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