Ineffable

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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