Hypertext Webster Gateway: "incomprehensibleness"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Incomprehensible \In*com`pre*hen"si*ble\, a. [L.
incomprehensibilis: cf. F. incompr['e]hensible. See {In-}
not, and {Comprehensible}.]
1. Not capable of being contained within limits.

An infinite and incomprehensible substance.
--Hooker.

2. Not capable of being comprehended or understood; beyond
the reach of the human intellect; inconceivable.

And all her numbered stars that seem to roll Spaces
incomprehensible. --Milton.
-- {In*com`pre*hen"si*ble*ness}, n. --
{In*com`pre*hen"si*bly}, adv.


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