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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [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}]
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