Tuesday, 8 March 2016

single word requests - Name for something that is difficult to find on the internet

If you don't mind a smidge of obsolescence, 'imperscrutable' (adj.) or 'imperscrutableness' (n.) might work for you:




adjective: Not to be searched out; unsearchable, inscrutable, or
noun: unsearchableness, inscrutableness.




["† imperˈscrutable, adj.". OED Online. September 2015. Oxford University Press. http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/92319 (accessed November 03, 2015).]



If, on the other hand, you want some common coin, then 'inscrutable' (adj.), might be the ticket:




That cannot be searched into or found out by searching; impenetrable or unfathomable to investigation; quite unintelligible, entirely mysterious.




["inscrutable, adj. and n.". OED Online. September 2015. Oxford University Press. http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/96667 (accessed November 03, 2015).]



Also possible is 'inscrutability' (n.):




The quality of being inscrutable; transf. something inscrutable.




["inscrutability, n.". OED Online. September 2015. Oxford University Press. http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/96666 (accessed November 03, 2015).]



Other words along the same lines that you might find useful include




unsearchableness = That cannot be searched into, so as to be ascertained or exactly estimated; inscrutable.



unconceivableness = inconceivable.



impenetrability = The quality or condition of being impenetrable; incapability of being penetrated, entered, or pierced; inscrutability; unfathomableness; ‘unsusceptibility of intellectual impression’.




(All from OED Online.)

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