Yahoo India Web Search

Search results

1. Dictionary

   ineffable

   /ɪnˈɛfəbl/

   adjective

   • 1. too great or extreme to be expressed or described in words: "the ineffable mysteries of the soul" Similar inexpressibleindescribablebeyond wordsbeyond descriptionbeggaring descriptionundefinableunutterableuntoldunheard ofunthought ofunimaginableoverwhelmingmarvellouswonderfulbreathtakingstaggeringastoundingamazingastonishingfantasticfabulousunutterablenot to be utterednot to be spokennot to be saidunmentionabletabooforbiddenoff limitsout of boundsinformal:no go
   • ▪ not to be uttered: "the ineffable Hebrew name that gentiles write as Jehovah"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin ineffabilis, from in- ‘not’ + effabilis (see effable).

   Derivatives

   • 1. ineffability noun
   • 2. ineffably adverb

   Scrabble Points: 17

   • I

     1

   • N

     1

   • E

     1

   • F

     4

   • F

     4

   • A

     1

   • B

     3

   • L

     1

   • E

     1

   Powered by Oxford Dictionaries

   More definitions, origin and scrabble points