unexplicability

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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