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Word entry · 12 letters

inexplicable

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"No clear reason"

12 letters · collected on this word page

12 lettersPronunciation /ˌɪn.ɪkˈsplɪ.kə.bl̩/Part of speech adjectiveSorted abceeiillnpxStarts with IEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. incapable of being explained or accounted for

Word origin

From Middle English inexplicable, from Middle French inexplicable, from Latin inexplicābilis, from in- (“not”) + explicābilis (“explicable”). By surface analysis, in- + explicable.

Used in a sentence

  • The year 1866 was signalised by a remarkable incident, a mysterious and inexplicable phenomenon, which doubtless no one has yet forgotten.
  • HEE [Cleanthes] left behind him (ſaith [Diogenes] Laertius) theſe excellent Books. […] Of Inexplicables.
  • Her proposition was that at the heart of each of the great tragedies were unanswerable questions about love, and, to make sense of the plays, we must each attempt to explicate these inexplicables in our own way.

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