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acataleptic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
acatalep-tic
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Incapable of being comprehended; incomprehensible; inconceivable.

noun

An adherent of acatalepsy

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: ἀκατάληπτος

Inflected Forms

more acataleptic (comparative) most acataleptic (superlative) acataleptics (plural)

Questions

What does acataleptic mean?
Incapable of being comprehended; incomprehensible; inconceivable.
Where does acataleptic come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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