I. “+ adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from un- (I) + knowen to know + -able
: not knowable : of a kind that cannot be comprehended ; especially : lying beyond the limits of human experience or of human powers of apprehension or understanding
• un·knowableness “+ noun
• un·know·ably -əblē, -li adverb
II. noun
: something that is unknowable: as
a. : absolute reality lying beyond human experience or human understanding
b. : the reality of things as they are in themselves which is outside space and time and underlies phenomena as they appear to human minds
c. : the ultimate reality that we experience but that we can understand only in terms of images and symbols inadequate to its true nature — usually used with the