Ineffable

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Incapable of being expressed; indescribable or unutterable. See Synonyms at unspeakable.
  • adj. Not to be uttered; taboo: the ineffable name of God.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Beyond expression in words; unspeakable.
  • adj. Forbidden to be uttered; taboo.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Incapable of being expressed in words; unspeakable; unutterable; indescribable.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Incapable of being expressed in words; unspeakable; unutterable; inexpressible: as, the ineffable joys of heaven; ineffable disgust.
  • That must not be spoken: as, the ineffable name. See Jehovah.
  • n. plural Trousers.
  • n. One who is not to be named; one who is too high in his profession or in the fashionable world to be named with others.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. too sacred to be uttered
  • adj. defying expression or description
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