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Ineffable

//ɪˈnɛf.ə.bəl// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Beyond expression in words; unspeakable. not-comparable

    "Devotion bids aspire to nobler things, to boundless love, and joys ineffable: and such her expectation from kind Heav'n."

  2. 2
    Forbidden to be uttered; taboo. not-comparable
Adjective
  1. 1
    defying expression or description wordnet
  2. 2
    too sacred to be uttered wordnet

Etymology

From Middle French ineffable (modern French ineffable), from Latin ineffābilis, from in- (“not”) + effor (“utter”) + -bilis (“-able”).

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