cognoscible

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The Word of the Day for January 8 is:

cognoscible   \kog-NAH-suh-bul\   adjective
     : cognizable, knowable

Example sentence: 
     "Discourse must be in words, and it is possible to give a name to that 
which is not understood nor cognoscible by human reason." (Flann O'Brien, _The 
Dalkey Archive_) 

Did you know?
     The exact synonym of "cognoscible" is the far better-known "cognizable." 
Both words mean "capable of being judicially heard and determined" (as "a 
cognoscible claim") and "capable of being known" (as "cognoscible 
circumstances"). Both terms are from Latin "cognoscere," meaning "to know." And 
both appeared in the 17th century, less than two decades apart -- first, 
"cognoscible," direct from the Late Latin adjective "cognoscibilis"; then, 
"cognizable," from the English noun "cognizance" ("knowledge"). 
 




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