acataleptic

acataleptic

English Adj

Definition

Incapable of being comprehended; incomprehensible; inconceivable.

Etymology

From Latin acatalēpticus, from Ancient Greek ἀκατάληπτος (akatálēptos, “incomprehensible”), from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + καταλαμβάνω (katalambánō, “I seize”), from κατά (katá, “against”) + λαμβάνω (lambánō, “I take”).