Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Incomprehensible; not to be known with certainty.
- noun One who believes that we can know nothing with certainty. See
acatalepsy .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Incapable of being comprehended; incomprehensible.
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- adjective Incapable of being
comprehended ;incomprehensible . - noun An adherent of
acatalepsy
Etymologies
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From Latin acatalēpticus, from Ancient Greek ἀκατάληπτος (akatalēptos, "incomprehensible"), from ἀ- (a-, "not") + καταλαμβάνω (katalambanō, "I seize"), from κατά (kata, "against") + λαμβάνω (lambanō, "I take").
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A person who suspends judgment in the belief that certainty is impossible.
May 11, 2008