incredibleadj.n.

Brit.

/ɪnˈkrɛdᵻbl/,

/ɪŋˈkrɛdᵻbl/, U.S.

/ᵻnˈkrɛdəb(ə)l/,

/ᵻŋˈkrɛdəb(ə)l/

Forms: Also 1500s increadible.

Etymology: < Latin incrēdibilis unbelievable, unbelieving, < in- (in- prefix⁴) + crēdibilis credible adj. and n.: compare obsolete French incrédible (16th cent. in Godefroy).

A. adj.

a. Not credible: that cannot be believed; beyond belief.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > disbelief, incredulity > [adjective] > unbelievable

unlevelyOE

untrowablea1382

incredible1412

unbelievedc1425

inopinable?a1475

unbelievable1548

discredible1580

too good to be true1580

incomprehensible1604

incredulousa1616

intestablea1631

inconceivable1646

unpersuasive1651

inconceptiblea1676

1412–20 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy iv. xxx For incredible was..To se howe he through his great myght The Grekes put proudely to the flyght.

1539 Bible (Great) Acts xxvi. 8 Why shulde it be thought a thynge incredyble vnto you, that God shuld rayse agayne the deed?

1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 503 Pliny reports things more incredible.

1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. i. ii. 36 There is nothing incredible in the general Doctrine of Religion.

1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps ii. ix. 269 The assertion that a glacier moves must appear..startling and incredible.

1871 L. Stephen Playground of Europe (1894) x. 226 The small nucleus of fact round which so many incredible stories have gathered.

b. In weakened sense: Such as it is difficult to believe in the possibility of, or to realize; said esp. of a quantity, quality, number, etc., of a degree beyond what one would a priori have conceived as possible; inconceivable, exceedingly great.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > improbability, unlikeliness > [adjective]

unlikec1450

incredible1482

unlikely1529

unlike1559

improbable1598

unsupposable1650

unprobable1684

weak1853

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > very great > and incredible

uncrediblec1440

incredible1482

fabulous1609

1482 Monk of Evesham 33 An inestymable and incredibulle swetenes of ioyfull conforte.

1559 W. Cuningham Cosmogr. Glasse 176 Ther are iij. mountaines of an incredible height.

1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 19^v Euphues was supprised with such increadible ioye at this straunge event, that hee had almost sounded.

1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. i. 28 It is incredible, how speedily and generally the Infection spread by his preaching.

1777 E. Burke Corr. (1844) II. 147 These stories do incredible mischief.

1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. II. xiv. 144 Off they sprang with incredible swiftness.

1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits i. 23 The incredible sums paid in one year by the great booksellers for puffing.

c. Of a person. rare.

ΚΠ

1827 J. Bentham Rationale Judicial Evid. II. iii. iv. 67 Unless you maintain that the same man is credible or incredible, honest or dishonest, according as [etc.].

1827 J. Bentham Rationale Judicial Evid. V. ix. iii. iv. 83 He was heard; yes: but upon what occasion? On the occasion on which he is deemed incredible?

†2. Unbelieving. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > disbelief, incredulity > [adjective]

unlevefulOE

unleveOE

misbelievedc1225

untristc1374

unlevablea1382

incredulec1550

uncredible1553

incredible1557

incredulous1578

infidel1607

unbelieving1616

inconvincible1674

unconvinced1675

unconvinciblea1747

misbelievinga1845

unconvinceable1875

1557 T. North tr. A. de Guevara Diall Princes f. 191/1 Incredible of that is told him.

1624 T. Jackson Serm. Introd. Knowl. Jesus §29 Their relations of it are so plain..that the incrediblest Gentiles of that age were inexcusable.

1640 I. Walton Life of Donne 26 The incredible reader may find in the Sacred Story that Samuel did appear to Saul even after his death.

1761 L. Howard in Royal Bible (ed. 2) I. 2 Kings vii (note) This incredible nobleman saw the plenty, but was killed before he could partake of it.

B. n.

An incredible thing. (Chiefly plural.)

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > disbelief, incredulity > [noun] > something unbelievable

incredible1610

incredibility1613

1610 J. Healey tr. St. Augustine Citie of God xxii. viii. 883 This incredible thing which was not seene, was confirmed by other incredibles which were seen.

Derivatives

inˈcredibleness n. incredibility.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > disbelief, incredulity > [noun] > something unbelievable > state of being unbelievable

uncredibility1486

intestability1590

incredulity1607

incredibleness1611

incredibility1613

unbelievability1851

1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Incredibilita, incrediblenesse.

1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage i. ii. 12 The quantitie and the swiftnesse is much more after the former then after this later opinion, which doth better salue the incrediblenesse thereof.

1668 M. Casaubon Of Credulity & Incredulity, in Things Natural, Civil, & Divine 180 The very strangeness, or incredibleness of the story.

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Incredibility or Incredibleness.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	incredible
释义	incredibleadj.n. Brit. /ɪnˈkrɛdᵻbl/, /ɪŋˈkrɛdᵻbl/, U.S. /ᵻnˈkrɛdəb(ə)l/, /ᵻŋˈkrɛdəb(ə)l/ Forms: Also 1500s increadible. Etymology: < Latin incrēdibilis unbelievable, unbelieving, < in- (in- prefix⁴) + crēdibilis credible adj. and n.: compare obsolete French incrédible (16th cent. in Godefroy). A. adj. 1. a. Not credible: that cannot be believed; beyond belief. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > disbelief, incredulity > [adjective] > unbelievable unlevelyOE untrowablea1382 incredible1412 unbelievedc1425 inopinable?a1475 unbelievable1548 discredible1580 too good to be true1580 incomprehensible1604 incredulousa1616 intestablea1631 inconceivable1646 unpersuasive1651 inconceptiblea1676 1412–20 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy iv. xxx For incredible was..To se howe he through his great myght The Grekes put proudely to the flyght. 1539 Bible (Great) Acts xxvi. 8 Why shulde it be thought a thynge incredyble vnto you, that God shuld rayse agayne the deed? 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 503 Pliny reports things more incredible. 1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. i. ii. 36 There is nothing incredible in the general Doctrine of Religion. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps ii. ix. 269 The assertion that a glacier moves must appear..startling and incredible. 1871 L. Stephen Playground of Europe (1894) x. 226 The small nucleus of fact round which so many incredible stories have gathered. b. In weakened sense: Such as it is difficult to believe in the possibility of, or to realize; said esp. of a quantity, quality, number, etc., of a degree beyond what one would a priori have conceived as possible; inconceivable, exceedingly great. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > improbability, unlikeliness > [adjective] unlikec1450 incredible1482 unlikely1529 unlike1559 improbable1598 unsupposable1650 unprobable1684 weak1853 the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > very great > and incredible uncrediblec1440 incredible1482 fabulous1609 1482 Monk of Evesham 33 An inestymable and incredibulle swetenes of ioyfull conforte. 1559 W. Cuningham Cosmogr. Glasse 176 Ther are iij. mountaines of an incredible height. 1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 19^v Euphues was supprised with such increadible ioye at this straunge event, that hee had almost sounded. 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. i. 28 It is incredible, how speedily and generally the Infection spread by his preaching. 1777 E. Burke Corr. (1844) II. 147 These stories do incredible mischief. 1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. II. xiv. 144 Off they sprang with incredible swiftness. 1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits i. 23 The incredible sums paid in one year by the great booksellers for puffing. c. Of a person. rare. ΚΠ 1827 J. Bentham Rationale Judicial Evid. II. iii. iv. 67 Unless you maintain that the same man is credible or incredible, honest or dishonest, according as [etc.]. 1827 J. Bentham Rationale Judicial Evid. V. ix. iii. iv. 83 He was heard; yes: but upon what occasion? On the occasion on which he is deemed incredible? †2. Unbelieving. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > disbelief, incredulity > [adjective] unlevefulOE unleveOE misbelievedc1225 untristc1374 unlevablea1382 incredulec1550 uncredible1553 incredible1557 incredulous1578 infidel1607 unbelieving1616 inconvincible1674 unconvinced1675 unconvinciblea1747 misbelievinga1845 unconvinceable1875 1557 T. North tr. A. de Guevara Diall Princes f. 191/1 Incredible of that is told him. 1624 T. Jackson Serm. Introd. Knowl. Jesus §29 Their relations of it are so plain..that the incrediblest Gentiles of that age were inexcusable. 1640 I. Walton Life of Donne 26 The incredible reader may find in the Sacred Story that Samuel did appear to Saul even after his death. 1761 L. Howard in Royal Bible (ed. 2) I. 2 Kings vii (note) This incredible nobleman saw the plenty, but was killed before he could partake of it. B. n. An incredible thing. (Chiefly plural.) ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > disbelief, incredulity > [noun] > something unbelievable incredible1610 incredibility1613 1610 J. Healey tr. St. Augustine Citie of God xxii. viii. 883 This incredible thing which was not seene, was confirmed by other incredibles which were seen. Derivatives inˈcredibleness n. incredibility. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > disbelief, incredulity > [noun] > something unbelievable > state of being unbelievable uncredibility1486 intestability1590 incredulity1607 incredibleness1611 incredibility1613 unbelievability1851 1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Incredibilita, incrediblenesse. 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage i. ii. 12 The quantitie and the swiftnesse is much more after the former then after this later opinion, which doth better salue the incrediblenesse thereof. 1668 M. Casaubon Of Credulity & Incredulity, in Things Natural, Civil, & Divine 180 The very strangeness, or incredibleness of the story. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Incredibility or Incredibleness. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1412
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