Unnameable

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    That cannot, or should not, be named.
Adjective
  1. 1
    too sacred to be uttered wordnet

Synonyms

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incommunicableindefinableindescribableindescribableineffableinenarrable

Example

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"Music can name the unnameable and communicate the unknowable."

Etymology

From un- + nameable.

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