uncommunicableadj.
/ˌʌnkəˈmjuːnᵻkəbl/, /ˌʌŋkəˈmjuːnᵻkəbl/, U.S. /ˌənkəˈmjunəkəb(ə)l/ 1. That cannot or may not be communicated; incommunicable.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > retaining > [adjective] > able to be retained > not able to be imparted or shared
uncommunicablea1382
incommunicable1577
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
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Wisd. xiv. 21 The vncomunycable name to stones and trees thei putten.
1555 R. Eden Of North Regions in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 265v The diuine prouidence hath made nothynge vncommunicable.
1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. vi. 80 Men were forbidden to vtter the vncommunicable name of God.
1612 J. Selden in M. Drayton Poly-olbion xiii. Illustr. 224 A perfect and vncommunicable power Royall.
1650 A. Cowley Let. 9 July in Wks. (Grosart) II. 348/2 Their hopes of an uncommunicable Victory.
1742 W. Warburton Crit. & Philos.Comm. Pope's Ess. on Man 144 His having no Delight in any thing uncommunicated or uncommunicable.
1780 E. Burke Speech Bristol previous to Election 15 The peculiar, reserved, uncommunicable rights of England.
1833 Ld. Houghton To Landor in Mem. Many Scenes (1844) 144 The power of uncommunicable Art.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > taciturnity or reticence > [adjective]
unspeakinga1382
speechless1390
mutec1400
dumb1406
silenta1425
peaceablec1425
secretc1440
of few wordsa1500
tongue-tied1529
mum1532
closec1540
strait-laced1546
tongue-dumb1556
incommunicable1568
sparing1568
inconversable1577
retentive1599
wordless1604
mumbudget1622
uncommunicable1628
monastica1631
word-bound1644
on (also upon) the reserve1655
strait-mouthed1664
oyster-like1665
incommunicative1670
mumchance1681
speechless1726
taciturnous1727
tongue-tacked1727
monosyllabic1735
silentish1737
untalkative1739
silentious1749
buttoned-up1767
taciturn1771
close as wax1772
untittletattling1779
reticent1825
voiceless1827
say-nothing1838
unremonstrant1841
still1855
unvocal1858
inexpansive186.
short-tongued1864
non-communicating1865
tight-lipped1876
unworded1886
chup1896
tongue-bound1906
shut-mouthed1936
zip-lipped1943
shtum1958
1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. vii. sig. H8v Neither [master nor servant] can haue comfort, where both are vncommunicable.
Derivatives
uncoˈmmunicably adv.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > unintelligibility > inexpressibility > [adverb]
unsayinglyc1175
untellablyc1450
unspeakably1526
ineffably1551
inspeakablya1618
inexplicably1630
unexpressibly1635
unspeakable1635
inexpressibly1645
unutterably1746
undescribably1792
inexpressively1809
uncommunicablya1822
unexpressively1846
indefinably1847
a1822 P. B. Shelley To Constantia Singing in Posthumous Poems (1824) 143 A breathless awe,..Wild, sweet, but uncommunicably strange.
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