undescribableadj.
(un- prefix1 1b.)
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the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > very great > and indescribable
untalelyc1225
unspeaking1340
unsayingc1350
untellablea1382
unspeakablea1400
ineffablec1450
unrehearsable1513
unutterablea1586
unrelatable1621
inexpressiblea1631
inexpressive1652
undescribable1728
indescribable1785
untelling1823
the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > unintelligibility > inexpressibility > [adjective]
unsayinglyOE
wordlessa1200
unanemneda1225
unspeaking1340
untellablea1382
unenarrable1382
unspeakablea1400
ineffablec1450
inenarrablec1450
indicible1480
enarrable1482
inexplicable1502
inspeakable?1504
innominable1532
unoutspeakable1535
unexpressable1548
innarrable1554
inpronunciable1554
uncommunicable1555
inexprimablea1577
unexpressiblea1586
unutterablea1586
expressless1590
nameless1597
recountless1601
inutterable1603
indeclarable1610
unnameable1610
unreportable1611
speakless1612
unexpressivea1616
inexpressiblea1631
utterless1643
inexpressive1652
unwordablec1660
incommunicable1694
paintless1729
descriptionless1749
undelineable1767
describeless1799
indefinable1810
undescribable1818
unqualifiable1822
untelling1823
utterless1832
unpindownable1915
1728 E. Haywood tr. M.-A. de Gomez Belle Assemblée (1732) II. 201 I have heard it reported, resumed the Marquis with an undescribable Agitation, that he was..in love with a Spanish Lady.
1768 L. Sterne Sentimental Journey II. 173 I felt such undescribable emotions within me.
1818 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Canto IV liii. 29 Let these describe the undescribable.
1860 R. W. Emerson Behaviour in Conduct of Life (London ed.) 173 Graces and felicities not only unteachable, but undescribable.
Derivatives
undeˈscribably adv.
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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > unintelligibility > inexpressibility > [adverb]
unsayinglyc1175
untellablyc1450
unspeakably1526
ineffably1551
inspeakablya1618
inexplicably1630
unexpressibly1635
unspeakable1635
inexpressibly1645
unutterably1746
undescribably1792
inexpressively1809
uncommunicablya1822
unexpressively1846
indefinably1847
the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > extremely or exceedingly > inexpressibly
unspeakably1526
ineffably1551
unspeakable1635
inexpressibly1645
unutterably1746
undescribably1792
indescribably1795
inexpressively1809
1792 C. Smith Desmond II. 149 She is in love!—Oh! undescribably in love.
1818 M. Edgeworth Let. 8 Apr. You..will understand..how undescribably and exquisitely it is mixed with pain and pleasure.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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