Comprehensible

/ˌkɒmprɪˈhɛnsəbəl/ adjective

Definition

Capable of being understood; clear enough to be grasped mentally by the mind.

Etymology

From Latin 'comprehensibilis' (comprehendere + -ibilis). This form became the standard English adjective in the 16th-17th centuries, replacing the older 'comprehendible.'

Kelly Says

Immanuel Kant's famous concept of 'the incomprehensible' uses this word—he argued that some things in the universe might forever resist human comprehension, a humbling philosophical challenge!

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