inexplicable

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   incapable of being explained or accounted for

   inexplicable errors

2. 2
   adj

   Impossible to explain; not easily accounted for.

   The year 1866 was signalised by a remarkable incident, a mysterious and inexplicable phenomenon, which doubtless no one has yet forgotten.

3. 3
   noun

   Something that is impossible to explain.

   HEE [Cleanthes] left behind him (ſaith [Diogenes] Laertius) theſe excellent Books. […] Of Inexplicables.

Etymology

From Middle English inexplicable, from Middle French inexplicable, from Latin inexplicābilis, from in- (“not”) + explicābilis (“explicable”). By surface analysis, in- + explicable.