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Meaning of unexplicable | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C1

Definitions

Uncommon form of inexplicable.

form-of, uncommon

Examples

“And to the pꝛoofe of thys peſtilent hereſy, he dꝛaweth the couert and obſcure woꝛdes of our ſauiour Chꝛiſt in yͤ ghoſpell of ſaynt Mathew the .xij. chap. and alſo the darke ⁊ harde woꝛdes of ſaynct Paule. Which places of themſelfe all olde holy doctours confeſſe foꝛ diffuſe ⁊ almoſt unexplicable, ſauing that thei al expounde them contrarye to Tindalles hereſy, by yͤ articles of the knowne faith of Chꝛiſtes catholike church, ⁊ by mani plaine open textes of holy ſcripture.”
“For this ſtone may have naturally grown into this very ſhape, and the ſeeming aſhes may be no aſhes, that is no remainders of any ſewell burnt there, but ſome unexplicable and imperceptible Motions of the Aire, or other particles of this fluid Matter that is active every where, have wrought ſome parts of the Matter into the form and nature of aſhes, and have fridg’d and plaid about ſo, that they have alſo figured thoſe intelligible Characters in the ſame.”
“There is no doubt that a ghost story requires an appropriate time and place for its telling. It will wait at the back of your mind during morning light and mid-day activities but come evening or a late afternoon on a gloom-ridden autumn day and the shadows will remind you of strange and unexplicable things.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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