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ineffable

Postby KatyBr » Thu Dec 15, 2005 10:10 pm


ineffable - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

Ineffable \In*ef"fa*ble\, a. [L. ineffabilis: cf. F. ineffable.
See In- not, and Effable, Fame.]
Incapable of being expressed in words; unspeakable;
unutterable; indescribable; as, the ineffable joys of heaven.
[1913 Webster]

Contentment with our lot . . . will diffuse ineffable
contentment over the soul. --Beattie.
[1913 Webster]

ineffable - WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) :

ineffable
adj 1: defying expression or description; "indefinable yearnings";
"indescribable beauty"; "ineffable ecstasy";
"inexpressible anguish"; "unspeakable happiness";
"unutterable contempt"; "a thing of untellable
splendor" [syn: indefinable, indescribable,
unspeakable, untellable, unutterable]
2: too sacred to be uttered; "the ineffable name of the Deity"
[syn: unnameable, unspeakable, unutterable]

ineffable - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

53 Moby Thesaurus words for "ineffable":
abstract, awesome, awful, celestial, divine, empyreal, empyrean,
ethereal, exceptional, extraordinary, fabulous, heavenly, holy,
ideal, incommunicable, indefinable, indescribable, inenarrable,
inexpressible, innominable, inviolable, inviolate, legendary,
marvelous, mythical, noncommunicable, noteworthy, numinous,
phenomenal, portentous, prodigious, religious, remarkable, sacred,
sacrosanct, spiritual, stupefying, stupendous, transcendent,
transcendental, undefinable, unexampled, unmentionable, unnameable,
unparalleled, unprecedented, unspeakable, untellable, untouchable,
unutterable, unwhisperable, venerable, wonderful
I don't believe this has ever happened to me, no wait, yes, When a certain person insists on making fun of me for no real good reason, But just once. :wink:

Katy :roll:

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Postby Slava » Tue Apr 20, 2010 8:28 pm

Treated here, with a few comments:

http://www.alphadictionary.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=1074

So, if you're really mad and call someone an effing jerk, does that make them ineffable, or effable?
Life is like playing chess with chessmen who each have thoughts and feelings and motives of their own.


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