INCOMMUNICABLE


Meaning of INCOMMUNICABLE in English

“+ adjective

Etymology: Middle French or Late Latin; Middle French, from Late Latin incommunicabilis, from Latin in- in- (I) + Late Latin communicabilis communicable — more at communicable

1. : incapable of being communicated: as

a. : not subject to sharing or division

the incommunicable authority of the crown

b. : impossible to recount or utter : ineffable

an incommunicable vision

into the unspeakable and incommunicable prison of this earth — Thomas Wolfe

2. : unwilling or unable to communicate : taciturn , reserved , withdrawn

a troubled man, incommunicable and abstracted

3. : lacking means of communication

his nature is incommunicable — he resembles neither dog nor man — Pamela L. Travers

• in·com·mu·ni·ca·ble·ness -nə̇s noun -es

• in·communicably |in+ adverb

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