incoherent

adj

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *ən- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin haereō Latin cohaereō Latin cohaerēnsder. Middle French coherentder. English coherent English incoherent From in- + coherent.

  1. derived from cohaērēns
  2. derived from coherent
  3. prefixed as incoherent — “in + coherent

Definitions

  1. Not coherent.

    • When we confronted her, she gave us a hasty, incoherent explanation.
    • After just a few drinks, he becomes incoherent.
    • By which thus still ouermuch busying your selfe in matters passing your skill, it maketh you so forgetfull, that oftentimes you are faine to vtter matters incoherent, and much contradictorie.
  2. A member of a short-lived satirical and irreverent French art movement founded by…

    A member of a short-lived satirical and irreverent French art movement founded by Parisian writer and publisher Jules Lévy in 1882.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA