English Explanatory Dictionary

inenubilable

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Incapable of being cleared of clouds.
  2. Inexplicable, mysterious, unclear.

Pronunciation

/ˌɪnɪˈnjuːbɪləb(ə)l/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-inenubilable.wav /ˌɪnɪˈnjubɪləbəl/ /-nu-/

Word forms

inenubilable more inenubilable most inenubilable

Etymology

From English in- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + Latin ēnūbilāre (“to clear of clouds or mist; (figurative) to clear of obscurity”) + English -able (suffix meaning ‘able to be done’ forming adjectives), possibly coined by the English critic and essayist Max Beerbohm (1872–1956): see the 1903 and 1911 quotations below. By surface analysis, in- + e- + Latin nubil- + -able. Ēnūbilāre is derived from ē- (a variant of ex- (prefix denoting privation)) + nūbilus (“cloudy, overcast; (figurative) beclouded, confused, troubled”) (from nūbēs (“cloud; (figurative) concealment, obscurity”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)newdʰ- (“to cover”)) + -āre.

Synonyms

abstruse Chinese dense enigmatic fathomless Greek inapprehensible incognizable incomprehensible ineffable inenubilable inexplicable impenetrable insensible inscrutable insoluble insolvable mysterious nonunderstandable obscure retruse tenebrose thick undecipherable undiscoverable unexplainable unfathomable ungraspable unintelligible unknowable ununderstandable arcane cryptic ill-defined mysterial mysterioso mystic runish sibylline systerious uncertain undefined undetermined cloudish cloudlike cloudly cloudy foggy foglike fumid hazed hazy infumated mistlike misty nebulose nebulous roky smokelike smoky

Related words

enubilate nubilate
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