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Definition of Incognoscible
1. Adjective. Incapable of being perceived or known.
Definition of Incognoscible
1. a. Incognizable.
Definition of Incognoscible
1. Adjective. (rare dated) Not capable of being known; incomprehensible. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Incognoscible
Literary usage of Incognoscible
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Sensualistic Philosophy of the Nineteenth Century by Robert Lewis Dabney (1887)
"For, let the student remember, that God being, according to Mr. Mansel, wholly
incognoscible as He is in Himself, we are forever in the dark as to the real ..."
2. A Supplementary English Glossary by Thomas Lewis Owen Davies (1881)
"If ... the imperial philosopher should censure the still incognoscible author
for still continuing in ..."
3. The Popular Science Monthly (1884)
"... never destroy this metaphysical mystery, which bears not only upon unknown
laws, but upon the essence of things which are perhaps really incognoscible. ..."
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