Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ineffable"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ineffable \In*ef"fa*ble\, a. [L. ineffabilis: cf. F. ineffable.
See {In-} not, and {Effable}, {Fame}.]
Incapable of being expresses in words; unspeakable;
unutterable; indescribable; as, the ineffable joys of heaven.
Contentment with our lot . . . will diffuse ineffable
contentment over the soul. --Beattie.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
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}]
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