Inexpressibility

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The condition of being inexpressible. uncountable

    "Even in this least poetical age, when it comes to expressing the inexpressibility of grief, only poetry will do."

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godlinessholinessineffabilityineffabilityunexpressibleness

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"Even in this least poetical age, when it comes to expressing the inexpressibility of grief, only poetry will do."

Etymology

From in- + expressibility.

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