Ineffability

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The quality or state of being ineffable. uncountable, usually

    "To him, the spirit lodged within Billy, and looking out from his welkin eyes as from windows, that ineffability it was which made the dimple in his dyed cheek, suppled his joints, and dancing in his yellow curls made him preeminently the Handsome Sailor."

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;godlinessholinessindescribabilityindescribabilityineffableness

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"To him, the spirit lodged within Billy, and looking out from his welkin eyes as from windows, that ineffability it was which made the dimple in his dyed cheek, suppled his joints, and dancing in his yellow curls made him preeminently the Handsome Sailor."

Etymology

From Latin ineffabilitas.

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