unknowableadj.n.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnˈnəʊəbl/, U.S.

/ˌənˈnoʊəb(ə)l/

Forms: see un- prefix¹ and know v. and -able suffix.

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, knowable adj.

Etymology: Apparently < un- prefix¹ + knowable adj. (although this is first attested slightly later).

A. adj.

That cannot be known or understood; beyond comprehension.

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

?c1400 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (BL Add. 10340) (1868) iii. met. vii. l. 1632 Liggiþ þanne stille al vtterly vnknowable [L. ignorabiles] ne fame ne makeþ ȝow nat knowe.

c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Knychthede (1993) ii. 12 The quhilkis ar vnknawable till..vnworthy personis.

1633 D. Rogers Treat. Two Sacraments Gospell To Rdr. sig. ** As those Athenians, who set up an Altar, to the unknowable God.

1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 471 There is something of God Unknowable and Incomprehensible by all Mortals.

1754 J. Edwards Careful Enq. Freedom of Will ii. xii. 119 If there be any Truth which is absolutely without Evidence, that Truth is absolutely unknowable.

1818 F. Hall Trav. Canada & U.S. 28 Indeed privacy..seems quite unknown, and unknowable to the Americans.

1949 G. Bateson in M. Fortes Social Struct. 49 A vista of unknowable factors whose number increases (probably exponentially) into the future.

2011 S. D. Podmore in P. Stokes & A. J. Buben Kirkegaard & Death ii. 45 Death as unknowable annihilation, or nothingness, is in sharp ostensible contrast to the biblical notion that fear of death..is the beginning of all wisdom.

B. n. Originally and chiefly Philosophy.

1. An unknowable thing. Usually in plural.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > unintelligibility > [noun] > instance of

lock1563

incomprehensibility1651

inscrutables1665

incomprehensible1678

inconceivable1706

I know not what1711

unknowable1725

unsearchable1725

indefinable1810

a sealed book1814

unknowable1816

unintelligible1838

inconceivability1851

imponderable1855

inscrutablenessa1864

unfathomability1867

unthinkable1871

closed book1913

intangible1914

imponderabilia1925

generation gap1962

1725 I. Watts Logick i. vi. 127 To distinguish well between Knowables and Unknowables.

1889 Mind 14 117 We have an epistemology or theory of knowledge which has been improved by the elimination of the Kantian unknowables.

1916 Jrnl. Philos., Psychol. & Sci. Methods 13 286 Correct empirical procedure requires considerably more than a pious resolution to have no dealings with unknowables.

2011 Diversity & Distributions 17 87/2 Statistical methodologies provide a way forward in addressing some of the 'unknowables' regarding biodiversity.

2. With the. That which cannot be known.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > unintelligibility > [noun] > instance of

lock1563

incomprehensibility1651

inscrutables1665

incomprehensible1678

inconceivable1706

I know not what1711

unknowable1725

unsearchable1725

indefinable1810

a sealed book1814

unknowable1816

unintelligible1838

inconceivability1851

imponderable1855

inscrutablenessa1864

unfathomability1867

unthinkable1871

closed book1913

intangible1914

imponderabilia1925

generation gap1962

1816 J. Ogilvie Philos. Ess. ii. 55 Marking..the line of separation betwixt the knowable and the unknowable.

1867 G. H. Lewes Hist. Philos. I. p. cxv We always hope that the Unknown is not also the Unknowable.

1940 T. Wolfe & E. C. Aswell You can't go Home Again i. iv. 43 We..have been maddened by the unknowable.

2017 New Straits Times (Malaysia) (Nexis) 26 Feb. 21 A child, unsmiling, stares into the unknowable from a black-and-white picture etched on a whitewashed gravestone.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	unknowable
释义	unknowableadj.n. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈnəʊəbl/, U.S. /ˌənˈnoʊəb(ə)l/ Forms: see un- prefix¹ and know v. and -able suffix. Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, knowable adj. Etymology: Apparently < un- prefix¹ + knowable adj. (although this is first attested slightly later). A. adj. That cannot be known or understood; beyond comprehension. 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 ?c1400 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (BL Add. 10340) (1868) iii. met. vii. l. 1632 Liggiþ þanne stille al vtterly vnknowable [L. ignorabiles] ne fame ne makeþ ȝow nat knowe. c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Knychthede (1993) ii. 12 The quhilkis ar vnknawable till..vnworthy personis. 1633 D. Rogers Treat. Two Sacraments Gospell To Rdr. sig. ** As those Athenians, who set up an Altar, to the unknowable God. 1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 471 There is something of God Unknowable and Incomprehensible by all Mortals. 1754 J. Edwards Careful Enq. Freedom of Will ii. xii. 119 If there be any Truth which is absolutely without Evidence, that Truth is absolutely unknowable. 1818 F. Hall Trav. Canada & U.S. 28 Indeed privacy..seems quite unknown, and unknowable to the Americans. 1949 G. Bateson in M. Fortes Social Struct. 49 A vista of unknowable factors whose number increases (probably exponentially) into the future. 2011 S. D. Podmore in P. Stokes & A. J. Buben Kirkegaard & Death ii. 45 Death as unknowable annihilation, or nothingness, is in sharp ostensible contrast to the biblical notion that fear of death..is the beginning of all wisdom. B. n. Originally and chiefly Philosophy. 1. An unknowable thing. Usually in plural. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > unintelligibility > [noun] > instance of lock1563 incomprehensibility1651 inscrutables1665 incomprehensible1678 inconceivable1706 I know not what1711 unknowable1725 unsearchable1725 indefinable1810 a sealed book1814 unknowable1816 unintelligible1838 inconceivability1851 imponderable1855 inscrutablenessa1864 unfathomability1867 unthinkable1871 closed book1913 intangible1914 imponderabilia1925 generation gap1962 1725 I. Watts Logick i. vi. 127 To distinguish well between Knowables and Unknowables. 1889 Mind 14 117 We have an epistemology or theory of knowledge which has been improved by the elimination of the Kantian unknowables. 1916 Jrnl. Philos., Psychol. & Sci. Methods 13 286 Correct empirical procedure requires considerably more than a pious resolution to have no dealings with unknowables. 2011 Diversity & Distributions 17 87/2 Statistical methodologies provide a way forward in addressing some of the 'unknowables' regarding biodiversity. 2. With the. That which cannot be known. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > unintelligibility > [noun] > instance of lock1563 incomprehensibility1651 inscrutables1665 incomprehensible1678 inconceivable1706 I know not what1711 unknowable1725 unsearchable1725 indefinable1810 a sealed book1814 unknowable1816 unintelligible1838 inconceivability1851 imponderable1855 inscrutablenessa1864 unfathomability1867 unthinkable1871 closed book1913 intangible1914 imponderabilia1925 generation gap1962 1816 J. Ogilvie Philos. Ess. ii. 55 Marking..the line of separation betwixt the knowable and the unknowable. 1867 G. H. Lewes Hist. Philos. I. p. cxv We always hope that the Unknown is not also the Unknowable. 1940 T. Wolfe & E. C. Aswell You can't go Home Again i. iv. 43 We..have been maddened by the unknowable. 2017 New Straits Times (Malaysia) (Nexis) 26 Feb. 21 A child, unsmiling, stares into the unknowable from a black-and-white picture etched on a whitewashed gravestone. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.?c1400
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