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Inexplicable definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

INEX'PLICABLE, a. [L. inexplicabilis; in and explico, to unfold.]
That cannot be explained or interpreted; not capable of being rendered plain and intelligible; as an inexplicable mystery.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: incapable of being explained or accounted for; "inexplicable errors"; "left the house at three in the morning for inexplicable reasons" [syn: inexplicable, incomprehensible] [ant: explicable]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Latin inexplicabilis, from in- + explicabilis explicable Date: 15th century incapable of being explained, interpreted, or accounted for <an inexplicable disappearance> • inexplicability noun • inexplicableness noun • inexplicably adverb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. that cannot be explained or accounted for. Derivatives: inexplicability n. inexplicably adv. Etymology: F inexplicable or L inexplicabilis that cannot be unfolded (as IN-(1), EXPLICABLE)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

If something is inexplicable, you cannot explain why it happens or why it is true. For some inexplicable reason, the investors decided to pull out. = incomprehensible ADJ • inexplicably She suddenly and inexplicably announced her retirement... ADV: usu ADV with v, also ADV adj, ADV with cl

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Unaccountable, unintelligible, incomprehensible, inscrutable, mysterious, strange, enigmatical, not to be explained.

Moby Thesaurus

aimless, baffling, bewildering, casual, causeless, confounding, designless, driftless, dysteleological, enigmatic, enwrapped in mystery, haphazard, incomprehensible, indecipherable, indefinable, indescribable, indiscriminate, inextricable, inscrutable, insoluble, insolvable, mindless, mysterious, mystic, mystifying, odd, peculiar, perplexing, promiscuous, purposeless, puzzling, random, stochastic, strange, stray, unaccountable, undefinable, undirected, unexplainable, unfathomable, unintelligible, uninterpretable, unmotivated, unsolvable