untellableadj.

Etymology: un- prefix¹ 1bPrevious versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈtellable.

Unspeakable, unutterable; indescribable. In earlier use somewhat rare. Frequently from c1880. The absence of evidence from 16th to 19th centuries is remarkable.

ΘΚΠ

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

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

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Ecclus. xxxvi. 16 Fulfil Syon with thin vntellable vertues, and thi puple with thi glorie.

c1410 Lantern Liȝt 136 Feer intollerable, drede vntellable.

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 367/2 Ontelleable, inenarrabilis.

c1450 (?c1425) St. Elizabeth of Spalbeck in Anglia (1885) 8 113 With sobbynges & weymentynges vntelabil.

1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid i. xii. 6 Thi desyir, lady, is Renewing of ontellable sorow.

1552 Abp. J. Hamilton Catech. Tabil sig. *.vi Ye glore of y^e saule, quhilk is vntelabil.

1830 A. Opie in C. L. Brightwell Memorials Life A. Opie (1854) 246 It fills me with untellable wonder and admiration of him.1865 R. C. Trench Gustavus Adolphus ii. 76 Which, though not absolutely untellable, had yet better remain untold.1886 J. Ruskin Præterita I. xii. 422 The joy of approved love, and the untellable, incalculable motive of its sympathy.

Derivatives

unˈtellably 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

c1450 (?c1425) St. Elizabeth of Spalbeck in Anglia (1885) 8 109 Whanne þese and oþere lyke are doon often and vntellably.

1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid viii. ix. 38 The fader than..full tenderly Apone him hingis, wepand ontellably.

1889 Missionary Herald (Boston) Feb. 50 [The character of the people] is terribly bad,..untellably bloodthirsty, cruel, and lascivious.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	untellable
释义	untellableadj. Etymology: un- prefix¹ 1bPrevious versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈtellable. Unspeakable, unutterable; indescribable. In earlier use somewhat rare. Frequently from c1880. The absence of evidence from 16th to 19th centuries is remarkable. ΘΚΠ 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 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 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Ecclus. xxxvi. 16 Fulfil Syon with thin vntellable vertues, and thi puple with thi glorie. c1410 Lantern Liȝt 136 Feer intollerable, drede vntellable. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 367/2 Ontelleable, inenarrabilis. c1450 (?c1425) St. Elizabeth of Spalbeck in Anglia (1885) 8 113 With sobbynges & weymentynges vntelabil. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid i. xii. 6 Thi desyir, lady, is Renewing of ontellable sorow. 1552 Abp. J. Hamilton Catech. Tabil sig. .vi Ye glore of y^e saule, quhilk is vntelabil. 1830 A. Opie in C. L. Brightwell Memorials Life A. Opie* (1854) 246 It fills me with untellable wonder and admiration of him.1865 R. C. Trench Gustavus Adolphus ii. 76 Which, though not absolutely untellable, had yet better remain untold.1886 J. Ruskin Præterita I. xii. 422 The joy of approved love, and the untellable, incalculable motive of its sympathy. Derivatives unˈtellably 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 c1450 (?c1425) St. Elizabeth of Spalbeck in Anglia (1885) 8 109 Whanne þese and oþere lyke are doon often and vntellably. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid viii. ix. 38 The fader than..full tenderly Apone him hingis, wepand ontellably. 1889 Missionary Herald (Boston) Feb. 50 [The character of the people] is terribly bad,..untellably bloodthirsty, cruel, and lascivious. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < adj.a1382
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