incomparable meaning: definition, etymology and quotations

incomparable

adj

UK /ɪŋˈkɒmp(ə)rəbəl/ · US /ɪŋˈkɑmp(ə)ɹəbəl/

Etymology From Middle English incomparable, from Middle French incomparable, from Old French [Term?], from Latin incomparābilis. By surface analysis, in- + comparable.

Literally Not comparable.

Figuratively So much better than another as to be beyond comparison.

I know of nothing in all drama more incomparable from the point of view of art, nothing more suggestive in its subtlety of observation, than Shakespeare's drawing of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.c. 1905, Oscar Wilde, edited by Robert Baldwin Ross, De Profundis, published 1909, page 112:

Derived terms: incomparability, incomparableness, incomparably
Related terms: priceless

incomparable

noun

Etymology From Middle English incomparable, from Middle French incomparable, from Old French [Term?], from Latin incomparābilis. By surface analysis, in- + comparable.

Something beyond compare; a thing with which there is no comparison.