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incognizable

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Not cognizable; incapable of being recognised.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 1658, Thomas Saintserf (translator), Entertainments of the Cours: or, Academical Conversations, compiled by Melchior de Marmet, London, p. 104, A dead Body is always incognizable, not only because it is ordinarily changed, but because it neither speaks, nor acts; and for that the qualities of its Soul, which we should know, are departed with her, and have left nothing but a trunk, and a lump without motion.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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adjective satellite

Meaning 2

incapable of being perceived or known

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: incognoscible

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From in- + cognizable.

Across languages

Translations

1 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: непознаваем (nepoznavaem) — incapable of being recognised.