Undefinable
adj, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Anything that cannot be defined.
"What's interesting is ambiguity. What's interesting is the haziness, the blurrings, the undefinables, the space and tension between people, the area between the margins that pushes us to stop, to question."
- 1 Not definable.
"There was some little undefinable coolness between old General Chattesworth and Devereux. He admired the young fellow, and he liked good blood in his corps, but somehow he was glad when he thought he was likely to go."
- 1 not capable of being precisely or readily described; not easily put into words wordnet
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More examples"There was some little undefinable coolness between old General Chattesworth and Devereux. He admired the young fellow, and he liked good blood in his corps, but somehow he was glad when he thought he was likely to go."
Etymology
From un- + definable.
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