incognoscible
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "6. The state of the law rendered more and more incognoscible. By wrapping up the real dispositions of the law in a covering of nonsense, the knowledge of it is rendered impossible to the bulk of the people."
- "Regarded in this light, the idea of Polarity . . . has nothing to do with the fancy of Terrestrial Magnets, with Hypotheses concerning impalpable and incognoscible Fluids, with Atoms having Poles, or with doctrines concerning Ethereal vibrations."
- "I freely admit the existence of a poisoned condition of the system from without by an invisible and hitherto incognoscible something."
- "The still small voice of conscience and the sense of beauty are direct messages from the incognoscible Beyond."
- "[W]e agree that certain aspects, which appear in our material world, have their origin from some incognoscible transcendence."
Etymology
From in- + cognoscible.
Word Breakdown
- Prefix: in
Usage
Inflected Forms
more incognoscible (comparative)
most incognoscible (superlative)
Derived Forms
Frequently Paired Words
incognoscent
incognoscenti