The Only Use
intelligible
in
The Great Gatsby
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- Forms leaned together in the taxis as they waited, and voices sang, and there was laughter from unheard jokes, and lighted cigarettes outlined unintelligible 70 gestures inside.†
p. 57.2unintelligible = not capable of being understoodstandard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unintelligible means not and reverses the meaning of intelligible. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
Definitions:
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(1)
(intelligible) capable of being understood
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)