— acataleptic /ay kat'l ep"tik/ , n. , adj.
/ay kat"l ep'see/ , n. Philos.
an ancient Skeptical view that no more than probable knowledge is available to human beings.
[ 1595-1605; ( acatalepsia ) akatalepsía, equiv. to akatalept ( eîn ) to not comprehend (v. deriv. of akatáleptos incomprehensible, ungraspable; see A- 6 , CATALEPSY) + -ia -IA ]