English Explanatory Dictionary

acataleptic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Incapable of being comprehended; incomprehensible; inconceivable.
noun
  1. An adherent of acatalepsy

Word forms

acataleptic more acataleptic most acataleptic acataleptics

Etymology

From Latin acatalēpticus, from Ancient Greek ἀκατάληπτος (akatálēptos, “incomprehensible”), from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + καταλαμβάνω (katalambánō, “to seize”), from κατά (katá, “against”) + λαμβάνω (lambánō, “to take”).

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