† unfoldableadj.
Obsolete.
Incapable of being unfolded.
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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > unintelligibility > inexplicableness > [adjective]
unplitable?c1425
unexplicable1532
inexplicable1546
subtle1547
irresolute1574
subtile1582
undissoluble1587
incomprehensible1604
unexpoundable1611
unfoldable1611
inexplainable1623
unsalvable1624
uninterpretable1625
indissolvable1637
unaccountable1643
inaccountable1647
unexplainablea1711
undecipherable1757
irresolvable1785
indecipherable1853
unconstruable1856
inconstruable1874
unravellable1881
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Inexplicable, inexplicable, vnfouldable.
a1641 R. Montagu Acts & Monuments (1642) 420 The sense is marred, intricate, unfoldable.
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