inenubilable

Meaning

1. (formal, literary, rare) Incapable of being cleared of clouds.
2. (figuratively, formal, literary, rare) Inexplicable, mysterious, unclear.

Synonyms

clear as mud

murky

preternatural

unaccountable

unexplainable

uncomprehensible

acataleptic

Translations

onduidelijk

belirsiz

unbegreiflich

unerklärlich

unklar

unübersichtlich

unerfindlich

unüberschaubar

unkonkret

αδιευκρίνιστος

αδιόρατος

συγκεχυμένος

incompréhensible

indistinct

undeutlich

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌɪnɪˈnjuːbɪləb(ə)l/

Etymology

From English in- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + Latin ēnūbilāre (“to clear of clouds or mist; (figurative) to clear of obscurity”) + English -able (suffix meaning ‘able to be done’ forming adjectives), possibly coined by the English critic and essayist Max Beerbohm (1872–1956): see the 1903 and 1911 quotations below.
Ēnūbilāre is derived from ē- (a variant of ex- (prefix denoting privation)) + nūbilus (“cloudy, overcast; (figurative) beclouded, confused, troubled”) (from nūbēs (“cloud; (figurative) concealment, obscurity”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)newdʰ- (“to cover”)) + -āre.