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English Dictionary: inexplicable by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
inexplicable
adj
  1. incapable of being explained or accounted for; "inexplicable errors"; "left the house at three in the morning for inexplicable reasons"
    Synonym(s): inexplicable, incomprehensible
    Antonym(s): explicable
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Inexplicable \In*ex"pli*ca*ble\, a. [L. inexplicabilis: cf. F.
      inexplicable. See {In-} not, and {Explicable}.]
      Not explicable; not explainable; incapable of being
      explained, interpreted, or accounted for; as, an inexplicable
      mystery. [bd]An inexplicable scratching.[b8] --Cowper.
  
               Their reason is disturbed; their views become vast and
               perplexed, to others inexplicable, to themselves
               uncertain.                                             --Burke.
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