unimaginableadj.n.
/ˌʌnᵻˈmadʒᵻnəbl/, /ˌʌnᵻˈmadʒn̩əbl/, U.S. /ˌənᵻˈmædʒ(ə)nəb(ə)l/ A. adj.
Incapable of being imagined; inconceivable, incomprehensible.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > unintelligibility > [adjective]
uncouthc897
unnimlyc1225
incomprehensiblea1340
unsearchablec1384
unknowable?c1400
investigablea1425
uncomprehensiblea1425
unthinkablec1445
imperscrutablec1450
inscrutablec1450
inopinable?a1475
incomprenable1502
unspectable?1504
incogitablec1522
uncogitable1529
impenetrable1531
inimaginable1534
inexplicable1555
unsensible1555
unscrutable1562
unfashionable1563
unpenetrable1581
unexcogitable1592
ineffable1598
inexcogitable1599
indivinable1603
ininvestigable1604
incapable1605
searchless?1606
uncomprehensive1609
unconceivable1611
undivinable1611
unimaginable1611
unexplicable1615
unintelligible1616
unapprehensible?1617
unfathomable1617
imprehensible1622
ununderstandablea1631
indeprehensible1633
indiscernible1635
inscrute1639
inapprehensiblea1641
indiscoverable1640
unexaminable1641
impervestigable1643
fathomless1645
inconceivable1646
indeterminable1646
inexplorable1646
insearchable1647
incomprehended1652
comprehendlessa1654
incomprehensive1656
untraceable1661
uninvestigablea1677
unintelligent1683
incognoscible1691
thought-transcendinga1711
uncognizable1720
acataleptic1727
undescriptive1744
elusive1751
impalpable1781
inaccessible1796
unconjecturable1806
uncognoscible1821
unascertainable1827
unfixable1831
unguessable1832
unrealizable1832
unsurveyable1833
hard-shelled1835
unintellective1837
undeemed1845
graspless1849
unconjectured1850
incognizable1852
ungraspable1853
unreadable1853
super-cerebral1854
elusory1856
trans-conscious1865
intangible1880
uncatchable1892
unspelt1892
unplumbable1895
unknowledgeable1920
indiscutable1933
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Inimaginable, vnimaginable, vnconceiuable.
a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1958) IX. 64 Miserable, unexpressible, unimaginable, macerable condition.
1655 H. More Antidote against Atheism (ed. 2) vii. 377 It is utterly unimaginable, but that there should be a Triangular distance in the midst of them.
1746 J. Hervey Refl. Flower-garden 42 in Medit. among Tombs With what un-imaginable Complacency, does Justice rest satisfied!
1821 W. Scott Kenilworth I. vi. 126 I shall thank him more for the love that has created such an unimaginable paradise, than for all the wonders it contains.
1878 P. Bayne Chief Actors Puritan Revol. i. 7 To believe in an unseen and unimaginable Spirit.
B. n.
plural = inexpressible n. 2.
ΘΚΠ
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and lower body > [noun] > trousers
trouse1678
trousers1681
kicks1699
trousiesa1713
brogues1748
inexpressibles1790
unmentionable1791
et cetera1794
indescribable1794
kickseys1819
ineffables1823
indispensablesa1828
unimaginable1833
pantaloon1834
pants1835
inexplicables1836
never-mention-'ems1836
unwhisperable1837
results1839
sit-down-upons1839
sit-upons1839
unmentionabilities1840
innominablea1843
unutterables1843
trews1847
round-the-houses1857
unprintable1860
stovepipe1863
sit-in-ems1873
reach-me-downs1877
strides1889
rounds1893
long1898
kecks1900
rammies1906
trou1911
pants1970
1833 T. Hamilton Men & Manners Amer. II. vii. 293 The men..rejoiced in snuff-coloured waistcoats and unimaginables.
Derivatives
uniˈmaginableness n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > unintelligibility > [noun]
obscuritya1522
incomprehensibility1598
entangledness1611
unconceivableness1611
unsearchableness1611
indiscernibleness1649
inscrutability1654
undiscoverableness1656
unscrutableness1657
unimaginableness1659
inconceivableness1661
unintelligibility1661
imperscrutableness1664
unknowableness1664
unintelligibleness1678
unfathomableness1690
inscrutableness1727
incognoscibility1824
uncognoscibility1827
unconjecturability1827
impenetrability1847
inconceivability1847
intangibility1847
untraceableness1856
incognizabilityc1860
incomprehensibleness1862
unknowability1863
unthinkability1865
elusiveness1873
1659 H. More Immortality of Soul i. vi. 37 The unimaginableness of Points and smallest Particles.
1871 W. G. Ward Ess. Philos. Theism (1884) I. 17 That the unimaginableness of a proposition is incompatible with its truth.
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