Meaning of unexplicability | Babel Free

Definitions

Rare form of inexplicability.

countable, form-of, rare, uncountable

Examples

“News from Bendigo is meagre and unsatisfactory, dealing chiefly in assertions, and leaving facts to take care of themselves. Sandy Creek is described as a likely spot, but as yet little or nothing has been done there. Daisy Hill and Mount Korong still retain there unexplicability.”

“He penetrated into the unexplicabilities of antiquarian research in Central America, and donated several curious specimens to the London Museum.”

“To conceive of the star-shaped snow crystal as a (natural) miracle, and one that comes from above, is tantamount to admitting the impossibility of its rational explanation and thus suggests the preprogrammed failure of [René] Descartes’ project. What else constitutes a miracle if not its utter and absolute unexplicability?”

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