Both Uses of
intelligible
in
The Lords of Discipline
- My responses slowed; my answers became unintelligible and I could not control the responses of my tongue.†
Chpt 2.16 *unintelligible = 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.
- As we moved with them, I could feel Pig tense up and begin talking to himself in a curt, unintelligible whisper.†
Chpt 3.24
Definition:
capable of being understood