522.
unambiguous, unequivocal, unmistakable &c. (manifest) 525; unconfused;
legible, recognizable; obvious &c. 525.
Adv. in plain terms, in plain words, in plain English.
Phr. he that runs may read &c. (manifest) 525.
#519. Unintelligibility.—
N. unintelligibility; incomprehensibility,
imperspicuity[obs3]; inconceivableness, vagueness
&c. adj.; obscurity; ambiguity &c. 520; doubtful meaning;
uncertainty &c. 475; perplexity &c. (confusion) 59;
spinosity[obs3]; obscurum per obscurius[Lat]; mystification
&c. (concealment) 528; latency &c. 526; transcendentalism.
paradox, oxymoron; riddle,
enigma, puzzle &c. (secret) 533; diagnus
vindice nodus[Lat]; sealed book; steganography[obs3],
freemasonry.
pons asinorum[Lat],
asses’ bridge; high Dutch, Greek, Hebrew; jargon
&c. (unmeaning) 517.
V. be unintelligible
&c. adj.; require explanation &c. 522; have a
doubtful meaning, pass comprehension.
render unintelligible
&c. adj.; conceal &c 528; darken &c. 421;
confuse &c. (derange) 61; perplex &c. (bewilder)
475.
not understand &c. 518;
lose, lose the clue; miss; not know what to
make of, be able to make nothing of, give it up; not
be able to account for, not be able to make either
head or tail of; be at sea &c. (uncertain) 475; wonder
&c. 870; see through a glass darkly &c. (ignorance)
491.
not understand one another;
play at cross purposes &c. (misinterpret)
523.
Adj. unintelligible,
unaccountable, undecipherable, undiscoverable,
unknowable, unfathomable; incognizable[obs3], inexplicable,
inscrutable; inapprehensible[obs3], incomprehensible;
insolvable[obs3], insoluble; impenetrable.
illegible, as Greek
to one, unexplained, paradoxical; enigmatic,
enigmatical, puzzling (secret) 533; indecipherable.
obscure, dark, muddy,
clear as mud, seen through a mist, dim,
nebulous, shrouded in mystery; opaque, dense; undiscernible
&c. (invisible) 447[obs3]; misty &c. (opaque) 426;
hidden &c 528; latent &c 526.
indefinite, garbled
&c (indistinct) 447; perplexed &c. (confused) 59;
undetermined, vague, loose, ambiguous; mysterious;
mystic, mystical; acroamatic[obs3], acroamatical[obs3];
metempirical; transcendental; occult, recondite, abstruse,
crabbed.
inconceivable, inconceptible[obs3];
searchless[obs3]; above
comprehension, beyond comprehension, past comprehension;
beyond one’s depth; unconceived.
inexpressible, undefinable,
incommunicable.
unpredictable, unforeseeable.
Phr. it’s Greek
to me.
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