Literary notes about indiscernible (AI summary)
In literature, the term indiscernible is used to convey a sense of elusive detail or indistinct quality that challenges the reader's perception. Authors employ it to describe everything from subtle physical features, as seen when a character’s face becomes indiscernible after trauma ([1]), to abstract concepts such as the eternal and inconceivable nature of the divine ([2], [3]). It also often appears in descriptions of settings and sensory experiences—a dim haze, barely perceptible movements, or a barely detectable trail blending into its surroundings ([4], [5], [6]). Such usage not only emphasizes the limits of human observation but also invites readers to ponder the finer nuances that lie hidden beneath the surface.
- His eyes and nose were gone—in fact his features were indiscernible—but he was not mortally injured.
— from The Story of the Trapper by Agnes C. Laut - [Footnote 4: Compare Manu, i. 7: "He the subtile, indiscernible, eternal, inconceivable One, who makes all creatures.
— from The Religions of India Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume 1, Edited by Morris Jastrow by Edward Washburn Hopkins - Everlasting, omnipresent, firm, unchanging is He, the Eternal; indiscernible is He called, inconceivable, unchangeable.
— from The Religions of India Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume 1, Edited by Morris Jastrow by Edward Washburn Hopkins - As his eyes came level with the rail, so that he could see inboard, it seemed to him that he saw a dim, almost indiscernible haze.
— from South Sea Tales by Jack London - The trail was like a softened stripe; footprints might be there, merged into the pattern till they were indiscernible.
— from Bulldog Carney by William Alexander Fraser - Her own snowshoe tracks were indiscernible upon the white snow.
— from The Gun-Brand by James B. (James Beardsley) Hendryx
