ineffable
21ineffable — adjective /ɪˈnɛf.ə.bəl,ˌɪnˈɛf.ə.bəl/ a) Beyond expression in words; unspeakable. As Alan Watts (1961) wrote, it involves trying to speak the unspeakable, scrute the inscrutable and eff the ineffable. b) Forbidden to be uttered; taboo. Syn …
22ineffable — That which is particular to an experience, and cannot be communicated. It is sometimes thought that the precise feels of particular qualia of experience are ineffable. The other examples of philosophical interest are the states of mind achieved… …
23ineffable — in|ef|fa|ble [ınˈefəbəl] adj formal [Date: 1400 1500; : French; Origin: Latin ineffabilis, from effari to speak out ] too great to be described in words ▪ ineffable joy >ineffably adv …
24ineffable — [15] Ineffable literally means ‘that cannot be spoken’. Its ultimate source was the Latin verb fārī ‘speak’, which has also given English fable, fame, fate, etc. Addition of the prefix ex ‘out’ produced effārī ‘speak out’, from which the… …
25ineffable — [ɪn ɛfəb(ə)l] adjective 1》 too great or extreme to be expressed in words: the ineffable natural beauty of the Everglades. 2》 too sacred to be uttered. Derivatives ineffability noun ineffably adverb …
26ineffable — adjective formal too great or beautiful to be described in words: ineffable joy ineffably adverb ineffability noun (U) …
27ineffable — [15] Ineffable literally means ‘that cannot be spoken’. Its ultimate source was the Latin verb fārī ‘speak’, which has also given English fable, fame, fate, etc. Addition of the prefix ex ‘out’ produced effārī ‘speak out’, from which the… …
28ineffable — adj. 1 unutterable; too great for description in words. 2 that must not be uttered. Derivatives: ineffability n. ineffably adv. Etymology: ME f. OF ineffable or L ineffabilis (as IN (1), effari speak out, utter) …
29Ineffable cardinal — In mathematics, an ineffable cardinal is a certain kind of large cardinal number.Formally, a cardinal number κ is ineffable if and only if for every f: κ 2 → {0, 1}, there is a stationary subset of κ that is homogeneous for f. κ is n ineffable… …
30ineffable — Synonyms and related words: abstract, awesome, awful, celestial, divine, empyreal, empyrean, ethereal, exceptional, extraordinary, fabulous, heavenly, holy, ideal, incommunicable, indefinable, indescribable, inenarrable, inexpressible,… …
