Definition of Ineffable

1. Adjective. Defying expression or description. "A thing of untellable splendor"


2. Adjective. Too sacred to be uttered. "The ineffable name of the Deity"
Exact synonyms: Unnameable, Unspeakable, Unutterable
Similar to: Sacred

Definition of Ineffable

1. a. Incapable of being expressed in words; unspeakable; unutterable; indescribable; as, the ineffable joys of heaven.

Definition of Ineffable

1. Adjective. Beyond expression in words; unspeakable. ¹

2. Adjective. Forbidden to be uttered; taboo. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ineffable

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ineffable

inebrious
inedia
inedibility
inedible
inedibles
inedibly
inedita
inedited
ineditus
ineducabilities
ineducability
ineducable
inee
ineffabilities
ineffability
ineffable (current term)
ineffableness
ineffablenesses
ineffably
ineffaceability
ineffaceable
ineffaceably
ineffectible
ineffective
ineffectively
ineffectiveness
ineffectual
ineffectuality
ineffectuall
ineffectually

Literary usage of Ineffable

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An universal etymological English dictionaryby Nathan Bailey by Nathan Bailey (1724)
"INEXHAUSTIBLE, which cannot be drawn out or emptied, L. ineffable Humbert, [in Algebra'] the fame as furd Numbers. INEFFECTUAL,Г that has no ..."

2. The Theological and Literary Journal (1856)
"The ultimate fact is in itself ineffable, because inconceivable under any ... but he asserts that those facts are in themselves ''ineffable" and ..."

3. The Life and Theatrical Times of Charles Kean, F.S.A. by Fanny Kemble, Kate Field, John William Cole (1882)
"... deep, and ineffable actions of our spirits which are too full of hope, of faith, and the holiest peace, for words to be meant to express them. ..."

4. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine (1911)
"... but from what she afterward told me l know it was not from terror or sorrow, but from the overpowering gladness of the ineffable beauty and ..."

5. John L. Stoddard's Lectures: Supplementary Volume[s]. by John Lawson Stoddard (1902)
"... the city with ineffable splendor, and turned its parallel harbors into reservoirs of amber wine. Some fleecy cloudlets, floating over the bright domes ..."

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