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ineffable

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in·ef·fa·ble  (n-f-bl)
adj.
1. Incapable of being expressed; indescribable or unutterable. See Synonyms at unspeakable.
2. Not to be uttered; taboo: the ineffable name of God.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin ineffbilis : in-, not; see in-1 + effbilis, utterable (from effr, to utter : ex-, ex- + fr, to speak; see bh-2 in Indo-European roots).]

in·effa·bili·ty, in·effa·ble·ness n.
in·effa·bly adv.

ineffable
Adjective
too great or intense to be expressed in words [Latin in- not + effabilis utterable]
ineffably adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.ineffableineffable - defying expression or description; "indefinable yearnings"; "indescribable beauty"; "ineffable ecstasy"; "inexpressible anguish"; "unspeakable happiness"; "unutterable contempt"; "a thing of untellable splendor"
inexpressible, unexpressible - defying expression
2.ineffableineffable - too sacred to be uttered; "the ineffable name of the Deity"
sacred - concerned with religion or religious purposes; "sacred texts"; "sacred rites"; "sacred music"

ineffable


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They then fell upon each other's neck and wept scalding rills down each other's spine in token of their banishment to the Realm of Ineffable Bosh.
Through the scene between Marguerite and the elder Duval, Lena wept unceasingly, and I sat helpless to prevent the closing of that chapter of idyllic love, dreading the return of the young man whose ineffable happiness was only to be the measure of his fall.
Morning to ye, shipmates, morning; the ineffable heavens bless ye; I'm sorry I stopped ye.
 
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