INEFFABLE


Meaning of INEFFABLE in English

— ineffability, ineffableness , n. — ineffably , adv.

/in ef"euh beuhl/ , adj.

1. incapable of being expressed or described in words; inexpressible: ineffable joy.

2. not to be spoken because of its sacredness; unutterable: the ineffable name of the deity.

[ 1400-50; late ME ineffabilis. See IN- 3 , EFFABLE ]

Syn. 2. unspeakable.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .