ineffable
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ineffable
- /ɪˈnɛf.ə.bəl/ UK
- /ˌɪnˈɛf.ə.bəl/ US
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Middle French ineffable, a learned borrowing from Latin ineffābilis, from in- (“not”) + effābilis (“utterable”).
adjective
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Beyond expression in words; unspeakable.
Devotion bids aspire to nobler things, to boundless love, and joys ineffable: and such her expectation from kind Heav'n.
Similar: indescribable, inexpressible, unspeakable, indefinable, undescribable, indicible, untold, ineffable, inenarrable, inutterable, nameless, termless · Opposite: effable
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Forbidden to be uttered; taboo.
Similar: taboo, unspeakable, unutterable
noun ineffables
- Something that is beyond utterance; something unspeakable.
Translations
Every language
adj beyond expression
| Español | inefable |
|---|---|
| Português | inefável, indescritível |
| Français | ineffable, innommable |
| Deutsch | unaussprechlich |
| Ελληνικά | άφατος áfatos, ανείπωτος aneípotos |
| Română | inefabil |
| Русский | невырази́мый nevyrazímyj, несказа́нный neskazánnyj, неопису́емый neopisújemyj |
adj forbidden to be uttered
| Français | tabou, inexprimable, sacré |
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