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intelligible

adj
/ɪnˈtɛləd͡ʒəbəl/US

Etymology

From Middle French intelligible, from Old French, from Latin intelligibilis.

  1. derived from intelligibilis
  2. derived from intelligible

Definitions

  1. Capable of being understood

    Capable of being understood; clear to the mind.

    • Italian and Spanish are partially mutually intelligible languages.
    • That comment seemed to anger Ingraham, who called James’ view a “barely intelligible, not to mention ungrammatical take on President Trump.”

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at intelligible. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01intelligible02understood03comprehension04thorough05miss06catch07hearing08hear09perceive10interpret

A definitional loop anchored at intelligible. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at intelligible

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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