Ineffable - Dictionary Definition and Overview

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]

Based on WordNet 2.0

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.

Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)

Example Usage of Ineffable
	pr0crastinatrix: The currency of art: capturing a fleeting, Ineffable moment or expressing an eternal truth? I vote for effing the Ineffable. Effing it hard.
	Anne4Joy: RT @prosperouswomen: "The Ineffable joy of forgiving and being forgiven forms an ecstasy that might well arouse the envy of the gods." ~ ...
	muhn: shpongleの4th "Ineffable Mysteries Based on Shpongleland" 、向こうでは10月頃にもうでてたのかな

Ineffable - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Example Usage of Ineffable