Hypertext Webster Gateway: "inexplicable"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Inexplicable \In*ex"pli*ca*ble\, a. [L. inexplicabilis: cf. F.
inexplicable. See {In-} not, and {Explicable}.]
Not explicable; not explainable; incapable of being
explained, interpreted, or accounted for; as, an inexplicable
mystery. ``An inexplicable scratching.'' --Cowper.
Their reason is disturbed; their views become vast and
perplexed, to others inexplicable, to themselves
uncertain. --Burke.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
inexplicable
adj : incapable of being explained or accounted for; "inexplicable
errors"; "left the house at three in the morning for
inexplicable reasons" [syn: {incomprehensible}] [ant: {explicable}]
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